[1] It is a one-story 30 by 42 feet (9.1 m × 12.8 m) brick building with a raised basement.

It was designed by Norfolk, Nebraska architect J.C. Stitt and built by contractor Frank T.

[2] Its lower level was renovated to include a children's reading room in 1977.

[2] Plainview was one of 68 communities in Nebraska that were awarded Carnegie library grant funds.

This article about a property in Nebraska on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.