Eventually the Orange City Library was organized at the DeYarman House in 1879 and many of the books were scattered at a number of stores in the historical section of town. One of them stores was the Hill's Drug store which the town Library books were stored at. The Dickinson Memorial Library eventually took over them books in 1971 when everything was put together into one.  The Hill Drug Store eventually burnt down in a fire in 1909 whether them books were destroyed I do not know but other buildings burned down due to the high winds. 

In 1925-1926 Dr Frances Dickinson donated five acres of land for a school site. It was used for the Marian L. Coleman Elementary School for black students. The original Dr. Dickinson's medical library on site had moved to Port Orange. 

Dr. Frances Dickinson donated five acres for a school site, and in 1925-26 it was used for the Marian L. Coleman Elementary School for black students. Dr. Dickinson's original medical library has been moved to Port Orange. Today the small plot of land surrounding the library is Dickinson Park. But you could tell that this land belonged to the house or that something use to reside on the land. Because the park sits in a very open area surrounded by many different historical structures. One of those structures located near the library was the Albertus Cottage which was moved and of course we did investigate that as well.

If you were to visit the library today it looks like a house with its tile roofing rather then a memorial library. The park has a giant stone fountain in the middle, an old historical bell probably left over from when a school was here, some benches and walkways. Whether the area is haunted or not it seems their is some sort of residual energy to the area perhaps because of the school, fires which took place, or that at one time the library was a house where others had lived. Dickinson was a prominent man to the Orange City area and now we bring you a story of library ghost and history.

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