Hours

Smithfield (BPL)

 

Today's hours

We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Mon, Mar 31 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Apr 03 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 Closed
Sun, Apr 06 Closed

Address
1 8th Avenue West
Birmingham, AL 35204
Tel: (205) 324-8428
About the branch

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Curbside Service available Mon.-Fri. 9-6

Library Website

The Smithfield Branch Library first opened in 1918 as the Booker T. Washington Library. It was one of the state's first libraries for black Alabamians. The branch library was located in three leased rooms of the Masonic Temple Building at 4th Avenue North and 17th Street . It was not until 1956 that the first Smithfield Library Branch building was dedicated. It holds an important place in the city's history, being the first building specifically built to hold a library for black residents of Birmingham.