Benjamin Faast, a nationally recognized leader in colonization, was the president of the Wisconsin Colonization Company. The colonization movement planned to settle immigrant farmers in northern Wisconsin's "cutover" land, areas left after the harvest of virgin white pine. The company aided settlers by purchasing 50,000 acres in Sawyer County for resale as farmland. Faast envisioned a model settlement as a company showpiece. Ojibwa, named after a local band of Chippewa Indians, was designed as that model town and was featured in advertising circulars to new settlers. Ojibwa Courier Press Building was one of five buildings constructed in the commercial district of the town.

The building is a simple, one-story, rectangular frame structure with a central front entry. It is painted white and embellished with classical details such as pediments, pilasters, and multi-paned windows. The façade of the building resembles that of the other four commercial structures creating an aesthetically harmonious grouping. Its only distinction is that it was built with a flat roof rather than a gable roof like the others.

The building was home of the Courier Press until 1949 when the newspaper was absorbed by the Sawyer County Gazette. At the time of listing, the building served as a small grocery business and was open during regular business hours.