Houston Memorial Library and Museum

Houston Memorial Library and Museum HMLM offers a unique opportunity to visit a traditional lending library in a historic home.

The home of Gov George S Houston, a 19th century mansion and certain furnishings were bequeathed to the City of Athens, Alabama for use as a public library/museum.

We now take credit card payments at the library! If you saw our earlier post, you know that you can now make online dona...
08/04/2026

We now take credit card payments at the library! If you saw our earlier post, you know that you can now make online donations to the Houston Memorial Library and Museum Foundation. But now you can also pay for books and memberships at the library with a credit/debit card as well as with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Just bear with us as we adjust to all this newfangled technology!

Check out our summer newsletter!
08/03/2026

Check out our summer newsletter!

Donate now! The Houston Library now has the ability to accept online donations. We are still an old-fashioned library, s...
08/01/2026

Donate now! The Houston Library now has the ability to accept online donations. We are still an old-fashioned library, so don't expect us to start using an online catalog or scanners at check-out or anything crazy like that! But we do want to make it easier for our patrons to support us.

Click this link to donate now to the Houston Memorial Library & Museum Foundation, which is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that may be tax deductible for you (always check with your tax professional). Since we are a nonprofit organization, we kindly ask that you cover our 3.5% credit card processing fees in your donation. The system will automatically add 3.5% to the amount you enter to donate.

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We keep adding more books to our shelves! This time, we've added quite a few fiction new releases from favorite authors....
07/20/2026

We keep adding more books to our shelves! This time, we've added quite a few fiction new releases from favorite authors. Stop in and check one out!

07/06/2026
In the past three months we’ve added over 400 books to our collection! Some new, some new to us, including mysteries, fi...
07/06/2026

In the past three months we’ve added over 400 books to our collection! Some new, some new to us, including mysteries, fiction and historical nonfiction. We’ve also been gifted some wonderful new children’s books on art, science and history. Stop by and see what’s new!

In the past week alone, the library has added over 60 books to our shelves! Some are recently published, while others ar...
04/21/2026

In the past week alone, the library has added over 60 books to our shelves! Some are recently published, while others are "new to us" books by popular authors like James Patterson, Michael Connelly, and Janet Evanovich. Drop by and see what's new!

Check out our Spring 2026 Newsletter and see what's happening at the Houston Library!
03/31/2026

Check out our Spring 2026 Newsletter and see what's happening at the Houston Library!

Address

101 North Houston Street
Athens, AL
35611

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+12562338770

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