Austin Davis Public Library

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The Austin Davis Public Library is a public library on the north side of Keystone Park in Odessa, Florida. The library is part of the Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System. The library is the repository of community information from the Keystone Civic Association and maintains back issues of the Keystone Community Newsletter. It has a reading room, children's area, quiet area, electronic media area, meeting room and kitchen, and a cooking oil recycling station.HistoryInitially known as the "Citrus Park-Keystone Library" when it opened in 1977, the Austin Davis Public Library provides service to the community of Citrus Park-Keystone-Odessa. It was a small 800-square-foot facility located in a storefront at Fox's Corner Shopping Center. In 1986 the library doubled its size to 1,600 square feet and expanded into a second storefront.In 1991 Mr. Austin Davis and the Austin Davis Family/Winn-Dixie Charities, Inc. offered $1.1 million to build a new library for this community. In May 1993, the new library opened with 10,500 square feet and almost 30,000 volumes.