The Carnegie Corporation of New York accepted Storm Lake's application for a grant for $10,000 on December 4, 1903.

[2] Designed by Paul O. Moratz, the new library was dedicated on September 29, 1906.

After its use as a library, the building housed the museum for the Buena Vista County Historical Society.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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