The building is Grade II listed and owned by Wrexham County Borough Council.

[2][3] The construction received funding[2] from Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie following an appeal over the lack of space for books in the town's existing library located in the Guildhall.

[3][4] Mayoress of Wrexham, Mrs Birkett Evans laid the building's foundation stone on 1 January 1906.

The building was opened on 15 February 1907 by Foster Cunliffe of Acton Hall,[3][4] with the mayor, aldermen and councillors also attending.

[5] During World War II, the building housed 500 juvenile and 700 adult books from Liverpool Library following the evacuation of 9,600 children from Merseyside.

The remaining cost is hoped to be raised from other grants such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The hub is aimed to support entrepreneurship in the creative industry, as well as serve as a "focal point" for local people, groups and businesses.

The project aims to create a flexible working and co-working entrepreneurial environment, office space, recording studios, television production facilities, exhibition space, and places to hold workshops, including hi-tech workshops.