In 1913 the Study Club of Andalusia was organized to establish a library for Andalusia. Led by founder Miss Ethel Darling, the club held a book shower resulting in $5.50 and 15 books, which became the embryo of the library. After World War I the club acquired 100 books from soldiers' libraries to place in the Milligan Building, and in 1920 they opened the Covington County Free Library in the Masonic Hall with 200 books. The first library board was formed in 1921 with Mrs. Oscar M. Duggar as president. In 1934 Library Board President Mrs. A. C. Darling, Sr., Mayor John G. Scherf, Senator Lister Hill, and club members campaigned to construct a building, and the city donated a corner of the grammar school property at Sixth Avenue and College Street. In 1937 the ladies petitioned the Public Works Administration, and the government contributed $3000. Construction began in 1938, and in March 1939 the new home of the Covington County Free Library opened to the public with Mrs. O. M. Duggar as the librarian. The first library building served Andalusia citizens for twenty-eight years. In 1963 the Andalusia Post Office relocated to a new building, and Mrs. D.D. Chapman led a movement to secure the old post office for the public library. Members of the Study Club of Andalusia, Library Board President Mrs. M.S. Hooper, and Mrs. Chapman began a letter writing campaign to Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman, Congressman Bill Dickinson, Governor George Wallace, and federal officials. After two years, the old post office property was transferred to the city. Andalusia citizens then financed and renovated the building with support from the city, the Board of Education, the Coterie Club, the Study Club, seventy-five individuals and clubs, the El Martes Garden Club, and Boy Scout Troop 46. On Sunday, April 26, 1967, hundreds of Andalusia citizens visited the facility to celebrate the new Andalusia Public Library and view its 15,000 volumes. In February 1975 the completion of the new Assembly Learning Center, built as a memorial to Charles Dixon and made possible by his widow Thelma Chapman Dixon, doubled the square footage of the main library.