OUR HISTORY
The Moyer District Library opened at its new location, 618 S. Sangamon Ave. The library is now fully wheelchair accessible, and has a local history display area and a program room that can be rented out to businesses and free to non-profit groups.
A referendum was passed to become a District Library.
The facility's most recent remodeling took place in 1998, with financial support from the Friends of Moyer Library and the Illinois Secretary of State's office.
By 1975, a children's library was added to the new library's lower level.
The new building was completed and opened in 1962, following final approval of a bond issue in 1961. During construction, the library operated from the VFW building at its current site on the northeast corner of Lott Boulevard and 7th Street.
A lot on the northwest corner of Sangamon and 10th Street was purchased for $4,400 and the first permanent library building was constructed on that site (also its current site). This building was condemned by the state in the 1950's and city officials sought voter approval for bond issues to finance a new library building.
The library occupied various commercial sites until a permanent facility was built through the generosity of an early Gibson City settler, Mr. William Moyer, who donated $14,000 to the City of Gibson in 1911. At that time, the Gibson City Library Association turned its inventory over to the newly-named Moyer Library.
The first public library in Gibson City was established in June 1876, known as the Gibson City Library Association. The first stack of books was housed in Dr. Water's office, a building in the same block in which the current facility is located.
