The Williams Free Library is a public building in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

While the building is no longer used as a library, its Richardsonian Romanesque design remains one of the city's architectural gems.

In April 1890, John J. Williams, a wealthy local businessman, offered the library's board of directors $25,000 to construct a new building if, in exchange, the city would pay for the land.

[4][5] Plans were completed by Walter Holbrook[6] of Edward Townsend Mix & Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May 1890.

On August 26, Mayor E. Elwell declared a half-holiday for the cornerstone laying ceremony, which was executed by the local Masons.