Fontana Regional Library serving Jackson, Macon and Swain counties with six public libraries in Western North Carolina

Hudson Library
554 Main St.
P.O. Box 430
Highlands, NC 28741

828-526-3031
Fax: 828-526-5278

Librarian: Mary Lou Worley 

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(l-r) Library Staff MaryAnn Sloan, Darlene Scott, Branch Librarian Mary Lou Worley, Margaret Ippolito & Karen Hawk in Summer Reading Program "Be Creative @ Your Library" shirts.

The Hudson Library is home to over 20,000 volumes of fiction, nonfiction, bestsellers, children's books, large-print books, reference materials and sources of regional and local interest. Additionally the library subscribes to nearly 80 magazines and newspapers for the information needs and reading pleasure of its patrons. Audio-visual materials include collections for all ages of over 800 videos and 650 books on tape and CD.

In addition to wireless internet, we have 5 Internet computers; 2 online catalog computers; and 2 computers for young users, one elementary and one intermediate (no Internet).

We have a small boardroom with a capacity of 12-15 people that is available for public use. Please contact us to reserve this meeting room.

Our Librarian Mary Lou Worley is featured monthly on the Highlands Cable Channel talking about books she has read and enthusiastically recommends. If you miss her show, or can't get that channel, the Library will have DVD copies available to lend.

Books for children are located in a unique children's area with puzzles, toys, and children's magazines.

Story time with Carol Grise at Hudson Library

The Library provides weekly story times for pre-schoolers and a summer reading program. During the school year, story time is on Thursdays at 10:30 am. You are welcome to bring your child to story time. Five pre-school groups attend story time during the school year: Highlands Head Start, Bright Discoveries, 2 from Highlands Child Development Center, and Methodist Preschool. When classes are full, we are likely to have over 65 children on Thursdays. There is no story time in May or August.

In case of inclement weather (rain/snow/ice), please contact the library to verify story time schedule.

The Hudson Library is supported by donations, Bookworm Bookstore sales and fundraisers.  To learn more click here.
  

Macon County Public Library Board of Trustees:

Randolph Bulgin, Chairperson*

Avary Doubleday*

Janis Lynch

Iva Ryan

Cindy Trevathan

Vince West*

*Member Fontana Regional Library Board

Preschool Story Time
Thursdays: 10:30 am. See below left for details.

Wireless Usage Guide (pdf)

The old Hudson Library building now rests on the grounds of the Highlands Historical Society.

History

In the 1880s, Ella Emmons Hudson, a newcomer to the young town of Highlands, dreamt of providing reading material for the town and its surrounding communities. She died before fully realizing her vision, but her dream lived on to become the Hudson Library, founded June 13, 1884. The first books in the collection were those brought up the muddy mountain road from Walhalla, S.C. when Miss Hudson moved to Highlands. The Hudson Library is one of the oldest public libraries in North Carolina.

Over the years, a score of individuals dedicated to reading, learning and sharing knowledge have guided the library. The longest serving librarian was Gertrude Harbison who began working in 1926, and remained faithfully on the job until her death in 1974. She was ably assisted during her tenure by her sister, Dorothy.

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