🏢 Hawaiʻi State Public Library System — Oʻahu

Waialua Public Library

The smallest public library on Oʻahu, Waialua's North Shore branch traces its roots to a 1927 reading station in the old sugar plantation office and was once named the Best Small/Rural Library in America.

📖 About Waialua Public Library

Waialua Public Library began in 1927 as the Waialua Community Station, a small collection housed in the Waialua Sugar Plantation office, with books circulated by a Waialua High School student paid ten dollars a month by the State Library. It grew into a branch library in 1936, moving into the rear of the old Waialua Post Office, and the current building on Kealohanui Street broke ground in 1951, later gaining an 840-square-foot addition and air conditioning in 1975. Built by Isamu Abe Construction, it is the smallest public library on Oʻahu, and in 1997 the Public Library Association named it the Best Small/Rural Library in America.

⭐ What makes this branch special

• Recognized in 1997 by the Public Library Association (ALA) as the Best Small/Rural Library in America
• The smallest public library on the island of Oʻahu, serving the rural North Shore town of Waialua
• Roots dating to a 1927 reading station in the Waialua Sugar Plantation office

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