Alexander Mitchell Public Library

Aberdeen was two years old when Mr. B.E. Hutchinson began to talk about organizing a library. On February 25, 1884 a group of citizens met to form The Aberdeen Library Association. March 13, 1884 the Aberdeen Free Library Association was incorporated under territorial laws. This subscription library was maintained by the sale of memberships at twenty-five cents per month or $1.50 per year. Aberdeen’s first library was in two rooms on the second floor of the Hagerty Block (now the Dacotah Prairie Museum.)

Hearing of the need for a library, Andrew Carnegie gave $15,000 for the purpose of building one.

The Heritage Room houses much of the library’s genealogy materials, as well as back issues of magazines and the Railroad collection. In 1997, the library gained Internet access.

Location: 519 South Kline Street, Aberdeen South Dakota 57401 Telephone 605-626-7097

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