St. Lucie County Library System

The residents of Fort Pierce created and began maintaining a reading room in 1903 to loan out books donated by churches and other civic organizations.

Also, the city of Fort Pierce donated two lots located on Second Street and Atlantic Avenue, which were sold to the News Tribune for $8,250, raising the total amount in the treasury to $23,000.

[2] During the 2004 hurricane season, the Fort Pierce library sustained damage from two broken windows due to gale-force winds which allowed water to get inside the building.

[3] On June 18, 2013, the Board approved the contract for sale and purchase of a building located at 2950 Rosser Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida for the use of a future Southwest Library facility.

The building, previously a City of Port St. Lucie Police Substation, will require major renovations in order to function as a County Library.