In 1889 William Allan Wilde (1827-1902), a Sunday school publisher and philanthropist[1] who was a native of Acton, donated funds to construct the library to memorialize Acton's citizens who served in the American Civil War.

The historic Romanesque Revival library building was constructed in 1890 by the architects Hartwell and Richardson of Boston and contractor, Charles H. Dodge.

[2] It is contributing property in the Acton Centre Historic District.

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