[1] Boyden family offered to house the first public library of Salisbury on the property they owned in the small Henderson Law Office located in the corner of Church and Fisher Streets.
In 1952 A.H.Boyden's daughter, Mrs.Burton Craig gifted the lot with the law office to Rowan County for the purpose of establishing a library.
[4] During this time the library moved to the former County Courthouse, dubbed the Community Building, and shared space with the police station.
[6] A letter from President George Washington was donated by local businessman Irving Oestreicher in 1951.
[8] In 1999, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby was donated to the library by Archibald Craige.