The Juneau Memorial Library, completed in 1951, was the first major community project initiated by Juneau residents. The local Rotary Club undertook construction of a library building for the town's residents as a memorial to the men and women of the area who fought in World Wars I and II. The building stands on a prominent location in the community, next to Alaska's state capitol, on a hill overlooking downtown Juneau with a residential area behind it. A local architectural firm designed the stately reinforced concrete building incorporating Neo-Classical Revival architectural elements. On the building's lot is the Alaska Statehood Site, consisting of two flagpoles and a commemorative marker. This site is significant as the official site of the Alaska statehood ceremony and first raising of the 49 star United States flag on July 4, 1959. Although this event occurred less than fifty years ago, the site is of exceptional significance to Alaska as one of few designated locations of official statehood ceremonies. It is a commemorative site, but also is the location associated with a significant event in the history of Alaska. The building housed the community's library until the mid-1980s. It is now the city's museum, continuing to be a public facility serving the community. The period of significance starts in 1951 when the library opened and ends in 1959 to encompass the statehood event. - NRHP