Spotlighting Tennessee's Libraries

     Hendersonville Public Library
              of  Sumner County
       Hendersonville, Tennessee

   The Hendersonville Public Library of Sumner County is situated on the
tranquil Drake's Creek Greenway in the Indian Lake Village section of
Hendersonville, Tennessee.  The new $10.5 million, 38,000 sq.ft.
facility was designed by architect Tracey Ford of Everton Oglesby
Architects in Nashville.  The library opened in the Fall 2008.

   The first floor centerpiece is the beautiful steel and wooden staircase.  The
William Taylor Story Room with its drop-down screen, built-in benches, and
free-floating ceiling welcomes children of all ages.  Adajcent to the Story
Room is a children's activity room for the "messier" programs.  The second
floor houses private study rooms, a reading porch, an 1860 sq. ft. meeting
room with adjacent kitchen and a periodicals reading room with comfortable
overstuffed chairs.

   Technology is also a major component of the new library, which includes a
special area for young adults to use computers and a separate computer lab.
All of these areas support a major goal in the designing of the new library:  the
ability to offer more programs for library users of all ages.

                                            Director:       Virginia Duffett

                                            Website:     

                                              http://www.youseemore.com/hendersonville/