Tarver of Eureka to design the building[3] from red brick and Mad River granite exterior with two story solid redwood columns ringing a colorful tile mosaic floor in the domed rotunda.

[2] When contractor Ambrose Foster ran over budget, the trustees sought but failed to obtain an additional $10,000 from Carnegie.

[1] In 1996, the City of Eureka and the Humboldt Arts Council helped save the Library which had been slated for demolition.

The capital campaign to save the library raised $1.5 million from corporations, foundations and the local community.

Restoration began in 1999 and the Library was converted to house a newly created Museum of Art, named after founding patron, northwest school artist Morris Graves, which opened on January 1, 2000.