More than 40 years ago, the Historic Melrose School in Orange Mound shut its doors. After sitting boarded up and empty for decades, the Orange Mound Library and Genealogy Center is now open to the public! Hundreds of people from the community turned out for the grand opening! The new branch is open Monday – Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm. Eventually, the upper floors will also be senior apartments. The Grand Opening Celebration was held Friday April 26, 2024.
Check out all the news coverage of this event:
- ABC 24 “Melrose High graduates reflect on their years at the school as building reopens as Orange Mound Library”
- Action News 5 “A new chapter—Old Melrose High School building reopens as first-ever Orange Mound library after 4 decades”
- Daily Memphian “Orange Mound Library breathes new life into old Melrose High building”
- Fox 13 “Orange Mound celebrates opening of community’s first library at old Melrose High building”
- WREG News Channel 3 “Historic Melrose High School turned into new library”
