By the mid-1900s, the chapel had closed and the building was no longer used as a Sunday School. The Pipersville community had no local library. Instead, it was served by the county’s bookmobile, which visited weekly. In 1966, a group of local women decided that the building would be perfect for a library. The land and building were donated to the group by the Brumbaugh family.
The original wooden shelves to hold the books were built by the group (and their husbands), and the Chapel Library opened as a reading room. There was no running water, and the bathroom was a wooden outhouse behind the building. The reading room eventually became a full-fledged library, joining the Bucks County Free Library system, although it retained its own patron card system.
The Pipersville Free Library is one of the county’s community libraries. PFL raises the funds to cover all of its operating expenses and book purchases through several annual events and the generous donations of the community. All staff is volunteer.
In 2013, the library officially retired its patron cards and went online.