Dynamite production began at Louviers in 1908 and continued until the early 1980s when plant operations ceased.  The ownership of the Village Club was transferred to Douglas County, and the building currently houses a branch library. 

Constructed in 1917 by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the club served as a social and recreational center for the company town of Louviers.  Du Pont endeavored to establish a sense of community for its employees.  The Craftsman-style club contained an assembly hall, a “women’s talk room,” a grocery store and a post office. 

The community, begun by the Du Pont Company in 1906, and occupied starting in 1908, provided employee housing and support facilities for the adjacent Louviers Works dynamite plant.  Du Pont carefully planned, built, and managed the village.