King County Library System - Fall City Branch

Opened: May 3, 2008

OVERVIEW

• Design-build construction
• Designed by Miller-Hull Partnership
• 5,000 square feet

HISTORY

• 1944: Fall City Study Club establishes Fall City's first library in the United Methodist Church's Sunday school classrooms, furnished by a desk found floating down the river
• 1957: Library moves into Al and Bonnie Hansen's 18-by-24-foot honeymoon cottage on school property; KCLS provides books and the Fall City Study Club pays for utilities
• 1967: The Study Club raises $9,267 to fund moving the library to larger facility
• 1986: Library opens in old bank building where the bank vault became the teen area (minus the steel doors)
• 2008: Opening of new 5,000 square foot Fall City Library

FRIENDS OF THE FALL CITY LIBRARY

• Dues: Membership is free
• Book Sales: Ongoing sale in library
• Other Fundraisers: Annual Plant Sale
• Meetings: Second Thursday of each month, 7 pm