Jamie W.
1/20/2023
Wow! The Willard Library is Indiana's OLDEST library, and it's everything it lives up to be for an old, creaky library. It's quiet and filled with ghost stories of the old Grey Lady. There are...
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21 N 1st Ave
Evansville, IN 47710
It is our mission to provide access to historical, recreational, educational, and cultural materials and services free of charge to all community residents, regardless of age, race, class, or gender. When you obtain a Willard Library card, you are celebrating an Evansville tradition of 120 years patronage of the oldest public library in Indiana. The Willard Library staff looks forward to providing you with the personalized service for which the Library has been known since 1885.
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4.511 reviewsIrma M.
11/24/2025
Came here with my daughter. It's a beautiful building! The people here are very rude. Not one 'Hello' or smile. Every room we walked into, conversations stopped and we were watched until we were...
Michael S.
2/6/2021
It's a public library--the first in Indiana. It's also an architectural gem and worth a 30-minute stop for that reason. Enjoy the outside. Marvel at the 19th century custom woodwork of the inside...
Nancy E.
10/29/2023
So after living in eville my whole life and with Halloween right around the corner, we ventured out on a dark and stormy night to see if we could get a glimpse of The Gray Lady ghost at Willard...
Lisa H.
10/15/2017
We signed up through a link provided by USI for parent weekend. We toured the whole building and were told of several sightings of the gray lady that haunts the library. We personally did not see...
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