In 1925, the library was renamed in recognition of a $250,000 gift bequeathed to it by the wealthy philanthropist J. Lewis Crozer.

The library occupied several buildings over the years, including the Deshong Art Museum from 1961 to 1978.

The library is located at 620 Engle Street in Chester, Pennsylvania,[1] just north of Martin Luther King Park.

[2] The library was founded February 14, 1769, when a group of citizens established a collection of 163 books on the second story of a market house.

[7] In 1976, the current library was built at 620 Engle Street as a branch to serve the Southern and Western parts of Chester.