Hobe Sound Public Library

Closed from May 15 to August 18 to bring you a refreshed library!

In preparation for exciting facility upgrades, the Hobe Sound Public Library will close on May 15, 2024. Renovations will last approximately 3 months and include: 

• Furnishing, lighting, and restroom updates
• Community Room audio-visual equipment enhancements
• Young Adult & idea lab square footage expansion
• Children’s Room enclosure

Holds pick-up services will be available at Hobe Sound Clerk of the Court office, 11730 SE Federal Highway in the Island Crossing Shopping Plaza, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed lunchtime, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.).

Select library events, including Summer Reading Programming, will be scheduled at Hobe Sound Civic Center, 8980 SE Olympus Street in Zeus Park. View the library event calendar for details.

Hobe Sound Public Library book drops will remain open for item returns. Library patrons are encouraged to visit any of the other Martin County Library System locations (closest in proximity being Robert Morgade Library, 5851 SE Community Drive in Stuart).

We appreciate your patience as we prepare to best serve you. Please reach us at 772-288-5702 or email with any inquires. Updates will be provided on this page and the library's main Facebook as they become available.

History

The Hobe Sound Public Library has the distinction of being the first branch of the Martin County Library System. In the early 1980s library services were provided by a portable trailer, which was parked for two weeks each month in Hobe Sound. Recognizing that the library needs of Hobe Sound were not being met, the community joined forces to raise money for a library. Hobe Sound Branch Library opened up in a remodeled medical building January 29th, 1984. 

Groundbreaking for the new 10,000 square foot library began in 1998. The beautiful new library, renamed Hobe Sound Public Library, opened in September 1999. 

The sculpture Pearl Diver by V. Shaffer was donated jointly by the Friends of the Hobe Sound Library and the Historical Society of Martin County to commemorate the opening of the new Hobe Sound Public Library. Overlooking the main entrance is the public art piece Shell Game by Charlotte Lees, featuring turtle shells carved in wood.

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