Crystal Bridges at the Massey is located on the first floor of the historic Massey Building, located just off the square in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. The first building on the site was the two-story Eagle Hotel, constructed 1840. It was destroyed in 1908 to make room for the larger, more modern hotel built by R.D. Massey. Following a 1975 fire that destroyed the roof, the building was renovated with the assistance of historians and architects from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and restored as closely as possible to its original design. When the Massey Building reopened in 1978, the lower floor became home to the Bentonville Public Library, and the upper floors were converted to office space. The library moved to its new home in 2006, vacating the space that is now Crystal Bridges at the Massey.