Back during WWII, the Tiptonville Women's Club wanted to start a library so women and children would have something fun/positive to do while the men were off fighting. They started a "Little Free Library" (one of those take a book leave a book situation) in one of the member's home. When the war was over, they approached the city about setting up a public library. The city basically laughed in their face, telling them that there was no way they could afford something so fickle in the wake of the war. They decided to take it upon themselves. They applied for grants, one of the members donated the land, and they built the library in 1940. At first, it was just the two front rooms.(like where you walk in and where my desk is. The closet behind me used to be a bathroom). The TN room was also part of the original floor plan. Then, in 2000 the Woman's club was awarded a rural development grant and built on the children's room, the current bathroom, kitchenette, and the conference room up front. They put sheetrock in the back, but in the hallway and the conference room, you can see that the one wall is still the original brickwork.