It is a 1+1⁄2-story masonry building with a steeply pitched gable roof.

It features a prominent bell tower with a Seth Thomas clock and circular windows include carved stone gargoyles.

It is a distinctive, small scale example of Eclectic style civic architecture.

McGraw was the granddaughter of John Southworth of Dryden, who became a millionaire working as a farmer.

[4] She used money to create a memorial to her mother and grandfather by establishing a $30,000 trust fund to build and maintain a library in Dryden.