Bertha Barlett Public Library

The Bertha Bartlett Public Library was dedicated on July 2, 1995. Story City's library origins date to 1922 when the Greater Chamber Congress and Newera Club worked together to create a start-up library. In 1987, a Friends of the Library organization was formed to study the community's needs. That led the construction of the current facility, named for long-time library director Bertha Bartlett. She volunteered in the early years of Story City's first library before being hired as director. She served in that capacity from 1927 to 1964.