[4] In December 1987, the city started construction on a new library building to be built on 2 acres (0.81 ha) at the northwest corner of Memorial Park.

[4][6] William L. Lonigan General Contractors Inc. built the new library, designed by Nagao & Oroyan Associates, for a contract price of approximately $760,000.

[8] The 3-foot (0.91 m) tall bronze figure cost $7,500 and honored the Wilsonville area resident who wrote novels such as Gentle Ben.

[12] Wilsonville sent a bond measure to the voters in September 1995 for $3.9 million to be used to expand the library building, which at that time held 35,000 books.

[18] Starting in 2002 the library offered story time for children in Spanish, and in 2005 brought in Claudia Renata Osorio in an attempt to increase the number of people attending the sessions.

[21] The Library Foundation attempted a fundraiser in 2005 where participants paid for a tour of homes that used a line of paint from Devine Color.

[22] An attempt by the city to raise property taxes in November 2006 was defeated by voters, which led to cuts in the hours of the library.

[23] The library received a grant in 2008 to expand its out-reach program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Wilsonville.

[18] Other features of the building include tile in the highly traveled portions, blue-heather carpet elsewhere, and wood accents on the walls and ceilings.