The Tyrone-Snyder Library grew from the efforts of a "Great Books" discussion group that had been started by Dr. John Hassler. Many of the members became the first directors of the library. The library started with donated books and funds in a building provided rent-free!

The building, was built on the site of the Farber property, originally was the B.P.O.E. Lodge #212 Temple and was dedicated on March 28, 1928. On June 7, 1979 the Elks sold the building to the Library for $75,000.

The Library, organized August 20, 1965, was in the Clyde Black Show Room, corner of 10^th Street and Logan Avenue for two years and then in a two-story house at 1055 Logan Avenue from 1967-1979, when they moved to their current location. In 1990 the second floor auditorium was completely renovated. The first library in Tyrone was in the early 1900s on the second floor of the YMCA. It has to close when the PRR withdrew its support of the YMCA.