Jason P. Theriot wrote in the Houston Review that the ceilings are "high" and that the arches were "beautifully" done.

[4] Jimmie May Hicks, an Irish American from the state of Georgia, served as the head librarian at from 1931 to 1964 and organized a collection of documents and photographs related to the Houston Heights.

[7] The facility previously had a garden in the back area established in by the Heights Womans' Club in 1939 where people may read books,[8] but the community center room was built on top of it circa the 1970s.

[11] In 2001 HPL considered completely replacing the building, but community outcry, including from HHA,[5] caused the library system to instead renovate the existing facility, starting in early 2002, to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.

[12] The blaxploitation film Sugar Hill (1974) depicted the library as the "Voodoo Museum of Natural History.