This library had been open since the start of the 20th century but plans in 2020 were revealed to close it and replace it with a corner set aside at the school.

Rutherford paid for a room to be built above the school at Laighkirkyard[1] and he had his family's arms displayed above the door.

Alexander Jeffrey estimated in his 1857 history of the area that the library had started "about eighty years ago".

His share in "Jedburgh Library" was mentioned in the newspaper and London Gazette advert for the auction.

[5] On 4 October 1894 Andrew Carnegie in Jedburgh gave a speech about the new library which he had funded in the town's High Street.

The building was designed by Sir George Washington Browne and it formally opened on 24 May 1900 with Andrew Carnegie once more in attendance.