 The roots of the Richardson Public Library date back to 1947 when a branch of the Dallas County Library was established in a section of the Cash Dry Goods store on East Main Street in downtown Richardson.The fledgling library collection numbered about 400 volumes and was managed by Jessie Durham the store's proprietor.The City Council established the library as a city department in 1958 and in 1959 the library moved into a newly constructed building at 310 Tyler Street.