Stone Avenue Branch (former Brownsville Children’s Library), ca. 1915.

Opened in 1914 as the Brownsville Children's Library, this Carnegie Library was established to relieve the overcrowding of the original Brownsville Carnegie at 61 Glenmore Street. Designed by William B. Tubby, the original plans for the library mirrored many of the other suburban style libraries: single-story, three-bay library with a center doorway. Instead the design was substantially changed, with the branch's first librarian, Clara H. Hunt, working with the planners to create a children's specific facility. It is believed to have been the first library in the world devoted exclusively to serving children.The branch was so popular among the largely Jewish immigrant population that nearby businesses were annoyed at the long lines of children waiting to go into the library who blocked their storefronts.

The facade was rendered like a fairy tale castle, in a unique Jacobethan style with a heavy stone base and projecting tower with doorways (seen pictured here). The interior still includes wood paneling and a bench with carved bunny heads on the arm rests. A 2014 centennial renovation added new lighting and furniture, a "word wall" mural, and a life size chess set to the library which now serves all age groups.