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By 1903 the historical society restarted the Savannah library with the original volumes, along with new materials, as the bulk of the collection.

This library was the result of the cooperation between the Georgia Historical Society, who housed and maintained the 23,000 volume collection, and the City of Savannah.

[7] When the library opened in 1903 it was allowed a three-year trial to see whether or not the public would generate enough interest to warrant more funding for its maintenance.

[7] By 1909 the Georgia Historical Society found itself unable to provide support to the library and gave full control to the city.

[9] The association relied on contributions of books from their founding members, and money from local supporters to open their own library to the public.

[9] Julian deBruyn Kops, a local Savannah architect and engineer, was commissioned to design the new library.

The building itself is significant not only because of the part it plays in the social history of black Savannah, but also because of the style of which deBruyn Kops chose for it.

A writing done on the library by the Live Oak Public Library System celebrating the centennial anniversary of the building describes the influences of Prairie architecture within the building as such: "The monumental staircase leading to the main entrance on the second floor is framed by two enormous piers with sandstone orbs on small pedestals.

This emphasis on horizontality achieved through the coping and polychromed brickwork is a key element of the architecture of the Prairie School, pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries.

The interior continues to show the influence of Wright in the geometric and floral motifs incorporated on columns and pilasters.

[8][10] In respect and appreciation of the assistance they received from the Carnegie Grant, the name of the library was also officially changed when it was moved into Kops' building on East Henry Street.

[9] The Carnegie Colored Library which existed after this move helped foster and support a growing black community in downtown Savannah through the two world wars and struggles for civil rights.

The library also received the latest technical equipment, such as a new classroom designed to provide interactive computer learning.

[12] The restructuring was done in the same architectural style as the building was initially erected in, and all additions would adhere to the library's historical roots.

With help from the Works Progress Administration in 1936 a book stack wing was added to the building offering much needed additional space.

Just over a decade later, in 1956, this regional system absorbed Liberty County, and the name was subsequently changed to the Chatham-Effingham-Liberty Library.