Main Branch

The Headquarters Library, located between Maiden Lane and the banks of the Cross Creek in the heart of downtown Fayetteville, was dedicated and opened on Sunday, June 1, 1986. The 80,000 square foot facility provides a large public meeting room— the Pate Room which seats 225— as well as two conference rooms, a quiet study room, ample public parking, and 41 computer workstations for the public’s use, including a public computer training lab.

The Headquarters Library serves as the community’s information and referral center, as well as answering traditional information and reference questions in person, by phone and the Internet. The second floor of the library houses the largest foreign language collection of printed and audiovisual materials in the southeastern United States representing over 100 languages. An extensive Local and State History Room on the second floor also has excellent resources for genealogists. Don’t forget the variety of children’s, teens and general interest programs that take place each month.

This facility serves as the hub for three regional and three community branch libraries, a bookmobile, a law library and exciting preschool children’s outreach programs called “Read To Me” and “MotheRead” that serves the entire community population of over 302,000.

The Headquarters Library hosts an excellent collection of North Carolina art on all of its three floors, and a white Georgia marble sculpture, “Windowstone,” graces its entrance. A fascinating art collection of North Carolina artists are represented, including Claude Howell, Bert Carpenter, Elizabeth Darrow, Jim Gallucci, Herb Jackson, Vivien Weller, Thomas E. Link, Nina Freifeld, Tom Grubb, Janet Parks, and many more.

Service Hours:
Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday and Saturday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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