Editing Lancaster, Texas (section)

=== Public library ===
Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library is located in Lancaster Community Park. The library relocated from a building on West Main Street in downtown to its present location in May 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=545 | title = About the Library | work = History of the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref> The 23,000 square foot facility includes a public meeting room, reading lounge, and genealogical center.<ref name="Community Information"/> Lancaster residents can obtain a library card free of charge, which entitles the bearer to borrow materials and use the public-access internet computers. Nonresidents may purchase a library card for a nominal, annual fee.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=546 | title = Getting a Library Card | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>

Just north of the library is a paved contemplative garden funded by the nonprofit Friends of the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library organization.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=552 | title = Friends of the Library | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lancaster-tx.com/index.aspx?nid=554 | title = Contemplative Garden | work = Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library | publisher = City of Lancaster, Texas | access-date = 2014-02-25}}</ref>