[2] They purchased the property in 1912 and received $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to fund the new building.

The Chicago architectural firm of Patton, Holmes & Flinn designed the new library in a combination of the Bungalow and Colonial Revival styles.

It features an entrance that is slightly projected, a symmetrical facade, and it is capped with a hipped roof.

It was dedicated in May 1914, and was one of 101 public libraries that were built in Iowa with assistance from the Carnegie Corporation.

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