SoBo’s Little Free Library Boom Continues

Believe it or not, this is our third update of the year to the list of Little Free Libraries spread across the SoBo peninsula. The number of diminutive “take a book, leave a book” sidewalk structures just keeps on growing! In 2025 alone, we jumped from 20 to 26. (In our first survey in 2021, we counted just 10 libraries.)

Below are the locations of all 26 libraries. They are arranged from west to east across the peninsula, starting with Sharp-Leadenhall and continuing to Locust Point. The four newest additions are marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below and a blue dot on the map.

• Henrietta St. at the corner of S. Sharp St. (northern edge of Solo Gibbs Park)
• 1700 block of Clarkson St.
• 1300 block of Hanover St. (newspaper box conversion)
• Unit block of E. Wheeling St. near S. Charles St.
• Unit block of E. Ostend St. near S. Charles St.
• Birckhead St. at the corner of Patapsco St. (newspaper box conversion)
• South Baltimore Learning Center, 28 E. Ostend St.
• 100 block of E. Churchill St.
• Federal Hill Preparatory School, 1040 William St.
• 100 block of E. Randall St.
• E. Randall St. at the corner of Battery Ave. (Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church)
• Elijah’s Park, 301 Mission Blvd. *
• Rash Field Park, 201 Key Highway, in the “BGE Nature Play” area
• Federal Hill Park (playground area) *
• 300 block of E. Hamburg St. *
• 400 block of Grindall St.
• Henry Street Park, 1240 Henry St.
• 400 block of E. Cross St.
• E Clement St. at Belt St. (a “tiny” mailbox library)
• Captain Larry’s, Jackson St. at E. Fort Ave. (newspaper box conversion)
• Stack St. near the intersection with E. Fort Ave.
• E. Heath St. at the corner of Webster St.
• McHenry Row, across from the northeast corner of the Harris Teeter parking garage on Porter St.
• 1400 block of Woodall St. *
• E. Clement St. at the corner of Hull St.
• Locust Point Recreation Center, 1627 E. Fort Ave.

Know of any Little Free Libraries on the peninsula that we missed? Email us (editor@sobopost.org) and we’ll add it to our next survey. – Steve Cole