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Anniv-Memorial 40th

Memorial Branch Library

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Limited Services

Limited services are available.  More Information

Hours

Date Open
Sun   CLOSED
Mon   9am - 4pm
Tue   9am - 4pm
Wed   9am - 4pm
Thu   9am - 4pm
Fri   9am - 4pm
Sat    CLOSED

 

Available Services

Browsing

Not available at this time

Contact Free Pickup (from STMU National Archives, 3141 Culebra Rd.)

Mon-Fri: 9am to 4pm

Computer Access

Not available at this time.

Outside Wi-Fi Access

Not available at this time.

 

Contact

Memorial Library
3222 Culebra Rd
San Antonio, TX 78228
210.207.9140

Memorial Branch Library opened May 4, 1981, on land that was originally part of a city park. It was SAPL's 11th branch. The group Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) was instrumental in raising funds for the facility. The Library Board of Trustees had originally voted to name the branch for José Bernardo Maximiliano Gutiérrez de Lara, governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and opponent of Texas independence. However, the neighboring community strongly requested that the name be changed to honor San Antonio’s war dead, and the Board subsequently voted to make that change. 

In 1995, the building was renovated and enlarged. In 2011, the branch celebrated its 30th anniversary with a variety of programs, speakers, and activities.

     

Newspaper clipping explaining the naming of Memorial Library. (San Antonio Express-News, March 1980)