From 1893 to 1933, the Anti-Saloon League was a major force in American politics, using lobbying and the printed word to turn a moral crusade against the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol into the Prohibition Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1909, its leaders moved to Westerville and built a printing center in a brick home built by George Stoner in the 1850's. The Westerville Board of Trade gifted this home and an adjacent plot to the League for use as its printing headquarters and offices, where anti-alcohol propaganda was printed for nationwide and worldwide distribution. In 1973, the building was given to the Westerville Public Library, which owns and manages the League's historic collections. Previous owners of the home included the Meyer family, whose daughter Agnes Meyer Driscoll was a pioneering cryptologist.
