It was designed by Wetherell & Gage with Colonial Revival and Renaissance Revival features.

[2] The Carnegie Corporation of New York had accepted Bedford's application for a grant for $10,000 on April 8, 1907.

[3] The library is a brick, side gable structure with a projecting entrance on the long side of the building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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