The Bookend Hotel was created as a quiet counterpoint to the  expected. Rooted in timeless design and thoughtful hospitality, it offers a more meaningful way to stay in Stillwater.

Here, nothing is rushed. Every detail is considered. And every guest is invited into a story that unfolds slowly—one moment at a time

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1922–23 — The Woman's Club starts a library. The Stillwater Woman's Club founds the town's first public library on $1 annual dues, running it themselves out of a rented church parsonage until the City takes it over in July 1923.

‍1927 — The library moves to 6th & Husband. The City buys the W. T. Keys home on this corner for $10,500 and makes it the library's home for the next decade.

‍1937 — Stillwater votes 3-to-1 to build. On April 27, 1937, in the depths of the Depression, voters approve a $60,000 library on the same site, paired with a $22,500 Public Works Administration grant. Enid architect R. W. Shaw designs the Colonial Revival building; Dennehy Construction builds it.

‍1938 — Opening and dedication. The library opens September 21, 1938, and is dedicated October 16 before a crowd of more than 1,000, with Oklahoma A&M president Henry G. Bennett as the principal speaker. It serves as Stillwater's library for 56 years, until the new building on Duck Street opens in 1994