Hammond Public Library

It is a beautiful brick building downtown flying American flag on a very cold January day but lots of people at the library.
I would highly recommend a visit to this library very nice.

Pretty good library, and clean as far as suburban libraries go. I also love the fact it has one of the bigger book sale areas, of any suburban library I’ve visited. Once a month or once every 3 months (forget the time of the month and how often they occur), they discount every book and other non-​book things they have in the book sale area.
I also like how the downtown Hammond Goldblatt’s clock was restored and is still operational on the 2^nd floor of this library, above the stairs. This will sound like an odd reason for not giving it 5 stars, but it does often seem like they are slower to reopen it after inclement weather periods, vs. other suburban libraries. It happened to me once, and it annoyed me since I was hoping to visit it that day, and other libraries had already reopened after that same bad winter storm some years ago. Maybe I’m dwelling on that incident too much?
Regardless it is a good library to visit, if by some chance you find yourself in Hammond.

Downtown Hammond is certainly not what it once was, and arguably never will return to its’ former glory, but one of the few things we can still count on in the area is the Library. I’m pretty sure Benjamin Franklin himself would approve of the Main Branch of the Hammond Library. It’s a fairly large building that’s kept up well, has internet access, and a predominately friendly staff these days. So, have a question? Go ahead. ask someone. Don’t forget that you can check out Movies here, rather than having to rent them at a video store. You can also check out CDs. So, need a place to study and get homework done? This place is quite ideal. You can even pick up your tax form booklets there every year.