Thomasville Library 1928
•Lexington and Thomasville libraries opened with a
total budget of $7,000 derived from
county and city revenues. Davidson was later one of only two North Carolina counties to receive funds from the Julius Rosenwald
Foundation to provide library services
to the entire county. This grant
made Davidson County the first county in the South extending library service to all citizens
including African Americans.
•October 25, Thomasville Library opened in the library room of
the high school which
was located on the second floor of the school on East Main Street.
The collection consisted of 200 books.
