Humble, Texas

===Public libraries===

[[File:OctaviaFieldsLibraryHumbleTX.JPG|thumb|Octavia Fields Branch Library]]

The [[Harris County Public Library]] Octavia Fields Branch Library is located at 1503 South Houston Avenue in Humble. Humble's first public library opened in 1921 with the books stored in the high school. In 1923 the library was split between the Humble High School and the Woodward School at Moonshine Hill. In 1926 the library moved to a church. In 1928 the library moved into the then-new Humble courthouse. In the early 1930s the library moved to city hall. In 1932 the city hall courtroom became a reading room. In the early 1960s a man named Tom Shelton donated a house and lot at the intersection of First Street and Avenue D. The house was remodeled and opened as the Shelton Memorial Library. On October 9, 1969, the library moved to 111 West Higgins Street. It received the name Octavia Fields Memorial Library from Octavia Fields, the grandmother of [[Jack Fields]], a former Congress member. The current {{convert|15000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch opened on June 27, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/of/ofinfo.htm |title=Harris County Public Library - Branch Information - Octavia Fields |access-date=November 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518003946/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/of/ofinfo.htm |archive-date=May 18, 2008 }}</ref>

Some areas outside of Humble with Humble, TX postal addresses are in proximity to the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2012|title=WORTH READING ABOUT / Construction work under way on Barbara Bush branch library 09/20/2000 {{!}} Archives {{!}} Chron.com - Houston Chronicle|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3253424|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617064611/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3253424|archive-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref> The {{convert|10137|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch opened in 1986.<ref name="Boettcherlibrary">{{cite web |url=http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/bb/bbinfo.htm |title=Harris County Public Library - Branch Information - Baldwin Boettcher @ Mercer Park |access-date=December 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518004155/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/bb/bbinfo.htm |archive-date=May 18, 2008 }}</ref> It was constructed on donated land. It was named after Baldwin Boettcher, a German settler. His descendants deeded the homestead to Harris County. The plans stated that the Boettcher staff would assist the Mercer Park staff in finding any botanical reference books that they or the public need.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2012|title=The Dirt On Houston's BLOOMS 03/06/1986 {{!}} Archives {{!}} Chron.com - Houston Chronicle|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_223564|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617071134/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_223564|archive-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref>