The Norwood Public Library was first established in 1939 by the Ladies’ Study Club in a one room log cabin, one of the first homesteads and donated by Gladys Herndon.

The cabin was disassembled and moved by truck to a property at the corner of Summit and Spruce streets where it was reassembled.  In 1979, the Library District was established by ballot. The library was expanded in the 1980s to a second room and again in 1996, at which time the entire building was renovated under the watchful eye of Director Barbara Youngblood. After her retirement in May of 2010, Carrie Andrew was hired as the new director.

The library was well-used but not able to meet the evolving needs of the community. In 2012, the Library purchased twelve acres of land on Pinion Street. Eight acres were later sold to San Miguel County for future housing development The district name was officially changed in 2013 to the Lone Cone Library District. After many years of planning and gathering community feedback, the Library passed a mill levy in 2016 to allow for the building and subsequent operations of a new library facility. Work on the new facility broke ground in May of 2018 and opened to the public.

In May, 2019. In September of 2019, the Lone Cone Library was named Library of the Year by the Colorado Association of Libraries for the extreme effort and community support that it took to create a resource of such magnitude in a community of our size.   At this time, the library is focusing on expanding programs and community partnerships to bring a variety and plethora of opportunities to our community.

Carrie Andrew stepped down from her position as director in 2024, in which the current director, Todd Bittner was hired. 

Lone Cone Library Foundation

A Little About Us…

The Lone Cone Library (Norwood Public Library) has been serving the Norwood Community since 1979. The Friends of the Library became the Lone Cone Library Foundation in 2017.

The Foundation can support the Library in a variety of ways, and we would like you to be a part of it!

Residents and visitors alike can enjoy the privileges of information access, entertainment, and education – which our library so cheerfully provides.In this modern technological age, libraries must be able to offer new types of information, more programs, and more services than in the past.

Contact our office manager for more information - officemanager@loneconelibrary.org

General Donations 

If you are interested in donating to our general fund which supports programs and operations, please click here. 

Student Scholarship Fund

In honor of the many years of support that the Friends of the Library provided to the library district, the Foundation has a scholarship fund that they give to one deserving student each year. To contribute to the Student Scholarship Fund, please use the donate button above and indicate which project you would like to support.