It was designed by Des Moines architect Frank E. Wetherell, an Oskaloosa native, in the Renaissance Revival style.

[2] It was originally designed along with the adjoining fire station in 1905.

It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

[1] Previously it had been included as a contributing property in the Oskaloosa City Square Commercial Historic District.

[3] This article about a property in Mahaska County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.