The library was organized in 1907, and it was initially housed in the jail section of city hall.

[3] The Eisentraut Company, a Sioux City architectural firm designed the Prairie School building.

The Prairie School influences are found in the building's low, horizontal orientation, and its wide overhanging eaves with modillion blocks.

[1] In 2013 it was included as a contributing property in the Woodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic District.

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