The plant was built between 1917 and 1919. Libby, McNeill and Libby moved into the building in mid-June 1918. Libby's closed the plant in 1968. In the 1980s, the building was redeveloped as the Blue Island Industrial Terminal and would go on to house a variety of small businesses, including a fiberglass boat manufacturer and an electrical conduit manufacturer. In 2018, the building was donated to Affordable Recovery Housing, a nonprofit organization serving homeless people and recovering addicts. Affordable Recovery Housing organized free
COVID-19 testing on the property, during the
COVID-19 pandemic. ==References==