Come and celebrate 125 years with the Martindale-Brightwood staff, community historians, and past branch leadership.There will be live music and light refreshments served.
Browse through Branch memorabilia and images from Digital Indy, meet and chat with past staff from the Brightwood Library, or the "little branch from across the street", in Brightwood Plaza, as well as the Martindale-Brightwood Branch leadership from the pandemic to the present.
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to a temporary road closure at the intersection of 25th Street and Sherman Drive, the main entrance to the Martindale-Brightwood Branch parking lot off Sherman Drive is currently inaccessible. Visitors may access the parking lot from our second entrance from N. Alley (3750 East). The branch is open.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Lecture/Panel Discussion | Exhibit/Display | Concert/Performance |
TAGS: | Local History | Indianapolis history | Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | #explore | #community | #Adult |
The Brightwood Branch opened in 1901 as the sixth public library in Indianapolis. It served the Brightwood community at several locations along Station Street, one street west of its current North Sherman Avenue storefront site which opened in 1972. A 1996 renovation at this location doubled the size of the branch to 5,400 square feet. In 2020, a brand-new branch building, across the street from the previous branch, was completed and re-named as the Martindale-Brightwood Branch.
