It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, rectangular, Neoclassical style limestone building on a raised basement.

[2] The museum is located on the site of Center School in the former Bloomington Public Library building.

[1] The Monroe County Public Library vacated the building in 1970; by 1978 and through the 1980s it was used by various nonprofits.

Since 1994, the former library houses the Monroe County Historical Society.

This article about a property in Monroe County, Indiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.