Sherwood Public Library, Public library in Sherwood, Oregon.

The Sherwood Public Library is a two-story, brick and glass-faced building of 47,500 square feet on North Sherwood Boulevard, designed by Thomas Hacker Architects Inc. and built by Howard S. Wright Construction. It opened in January 2006 as part of a Civic Center costing $6.7 million, and includes study areas, a fireplace, a community room and computer areas.

The library began in 1935 with a single shelf in a drugstore. Sherwood took it over in 1969, when it occupied a house, and later moved it to the basement of City Hall in the Morback House. The Friends of the Library formed in 1976 and began raising funds for a new building in 1981; the first dedicated library building opened in December 1985.

The library's name traces to a 1935 start on a single drugstore shelf, and the city ran it from 1969. The Friends of the Library, formed in 1976, raised the $106,000 that built Sherwood's first dedicated library building, opened in December 1985 on North Sherwood Boulevard.

The library occupies a two-story brick and glass building of 47,500 square feet, with study areas, computer areas, a fireplace and a community room. The building is part of the Civic Center, whose construction began in January 2005 and which opened with the library in January 2006.

The Teen Library Advisory Board program gives young residents a voice in shaping services designed for their age group. This approach reflects how the library directly involves young people in decisions affecting their experience.