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Join us for an on-demand walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American heritage sites.
Join us for an on-demand walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s African American heritage sites.
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Thank you for thinking of the Friends Book Cellar for donating your: books, CDs, DVDs, and current year magazines. At this time, we are not able to take VHS or cassette tapes.
Book Donation Hours: Monday and Tuesday, 11:00-2:00
Friends Book Cellar (Central Library)
140 East Main Street,
Lexington, KY 40507
Map It
Come through Main Street entrance
Park at yellow curbside pickup sign
Call 859-231-5505, and let us know an estimate of how many boxes you have and if you would like a receipt.
Detailed Directions to Entrance
The easiest way to get to get to the book donation spot is to:
Come down on Main Street, heading downtown. Stay in the left lanes.
Passing Martin Luther King Blvd
To the left, one will see the Fayette County Clerk’s office,
then the Helix parking structure.
Then the Lexington Police Department,
then the Library’s parking structure.
Turn left into the Library’s parking structure into the breezeway.
From here you can see the other side of the road to Water Street.
There is usually a yellow curbside pickup sign out to the right. Please park right next to it.
Call 859-231-5505, and let us know an estimate of how many boxes you have and if you would like a receipt.
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