Myersville Community Library, Myersville, Maryland

The town of Myersville in the U.S. state of Maryland is a small town northwest of Washington D.C. off of the famed National Road.  It is not a popular town, but it is a town, nevertheless.  This town has its own library.  If you are ever in Myersville, you will want to visit the Myersville Community Library.

Some of you are saying, “It is a library.  Many towns and cities around the world have libraries.  Why in the world should anybody come to this town to see a library that is just like the library in their neighborhood?”

Well, that is a very good question.

The Myersville Community Library is… well, a library.  It has books.  It has a place to read books.  It has rooms where you can read books.  It has a trolley that you can sit in a read a book.

Some of you are saying, “A what?”

Oh, you asked why you should visit the Myersville Community Library in Myersville, Maryland.  Yes, it has books like any other library, but how many libraries have a trolley that you can sit and read your book?  No.  It is not a fake trolley.  This trolley actually carried passengers.

Trolley Number 150 was built in 1918 by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works and was originally used in Columbia, South Carolina before being acquired by Hagerstown and Frederick Railway in 1923 on the line that once connected the town of Myersville to Hagerstown until 1938 when service ended and replaced by the modern routing of U.S. Route 40.  It was privately owned until it was purchased by the town of Myersville in 2017.  It was restored and was placed in the Myersville Community Library where it remains today.  It is one of only four surviving trolleys from the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway, and, today, you can sit on the seat on a trolley that ran through the countryside of Maryland and read your favorite book.

The Myersville Community Library is located at 8 Harp Place in Myersville, Maryland.  It is just of Maryland Route 17 north of Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40.  The library is free to visit.  It is open from 10:00am to 6:00pm on Monday and Wednesday, 10:00am to 8:00pm on Tuesday and Thursday, and 10:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday.  Parking is on site.  For those in wheelchairs, there is a ramp that you can use to access the trolley.

So, you have the local library, and then you have the Myersville Community Library in Myersville, Maryland.  It is a place where you can read in a trolley.