North Greenwood Library

The North Greenwood Library's patrons can check out a variety of materials including books, magazines, DVDs, Blu-rays, video games, and a ukulele kit.

In 1949, Horace Carson, a Clearwater resident and African-American civic leader, initiated a project to convince the City Commission to bring a library to the community.

[2] The library, loved by both the community and "Miss Chris", outgrew its rented space so a building was officially built for the collection on Palmetto street.

The new building, named the Northeast Library and designed by Eugene Beach, was meant to be run by a single librarian— Christine Morris.

In an interview, Christine Morris commented that the community believed the whole library should be named in her honor but the city said she would have to be deceased in order for it to be allowed.

[5][6] North Greenwood's current location at the corner of N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave and Palmetto St was built in 2002.

[8] After two months of debate, protests, and voting, it was decided that taxes would be raised and the libraries would stay open but with reduced hours.