The cornerstone for the new library was then laid on April 11, 1929 with a ceremony featuring Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, as the keynote speaker.

The mural was painted by the artist Allen D. Jones, Jr. in commemoration of the Three Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.

Also in 1957 a new heating and air conditioning system and lights were installed and the rear stack area was remodeled.

Robinson was a well known designer of educational buildings and supervising architect of the Richmond Board of Public Instruction from 1910-1929.

Robinson created the master plan in 1925 for and designed many of the buildings for the College of William and Mary.

The Newport News Public Library was now open to African Americans and Judge Hutcheson dismissed the court case on July 18, 1952.

The Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection contains the local and family history materials for the City of Newport News, Virginia.

The primary purpose of the Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection is to serve as the main clearinghouse for family and local history of the City of Newport News, Virginia, including the extinct County and City of Warwick.

Additionally, it is the purpose of the collection to preserve and provide access to materials of local historic significance to the public.

The Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection contains a wealth of information on the history of the City of Newport News, Warwick County and of the Commonwealth of Virginia in general.

A portion of the main holdings include Newport News City Directories from 1898 to the present, high school annuals, photographs, maps, the local newspaper The Daily Press on microfilm from 1896 to the present, a collection of over five thousand books and journals as well as many other notable materials.

The purpose of the company was to purchase, hold and develop land needed for the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line from Richmond, Virginia to the port of Newport News.