It is located at 53 Main Street, Easton, Massachusetts, immediately adjacent to another Richardson building, Oakes Ames Memorial Hall.

This award was created in 2005 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to encourage and showcase outstanding libraries serving populations of fewer than 25,000.

The facade is light-brown Milford granite laid in random ashlar with reddish-brown Longmeadow brownstone trim.

A children's wing (red brick) was added in 1931, eliminating the original lavatory and document room.

The reading room's fireplace is primarily by Stanford White, and the stone and bronze medallions of Oliver Ames Jr. were designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.