This community library was built in 1936 and dedicated to Eleanor Howard Tripp (1867-1936), a greatly respected local resident and community servant. In 1990 the reading room was converted to a museum run by local volunteers.

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This community Library was built in 1936 as a memorial to Eleanor Howard Tripp (1867-1936) of Orari Gorge Station.

Eleanor was highly respected in the district, in which she took a prominent but unobtrusive part in social welfare and charitable work. One of her associations was with the committee of St. Saviour's Orphanage, upon which she served until the time of her death in her sixty-ninth year. Miss Tripp was born at Orari Gorge Station, being the third daughter of the late Charles George Tripp and Ellen Shepherd Tripp, and a granddaughter of Bishop Harper.

A meeting convened by the Woodbury Women's institute agreed that a Library would be a suitable memorial for Eleanor Tripp acknowledging her considerable contributions to the community. A general meeting was called for all those interested, and a committee was formed.

The Woodbury school was asked for a small portion of their grounds. The Canterbury Education Department was approached and permission to transfer the area was given. Mr Cooling submitted a suggested plan for the building. This was a modern library which included a well-equipped book room and a reading room (now the Woodbury museum room).

In 1990 the reading room was converted to a museum which is run by a local volunteer committee.