174 S Main St

From the National Register nomination

The new front of the library on Main St. completed in 2000, is a Post Modern one and two-story building of stretcher-bond brick veneer cinder block. The building is entered through a three-stage octagonal tower with a round-arch entry. The entry, which has a vestibule and suspended awning, faces a brick seating area at the corner of S. Main and E. Bruce streets. Four-light metal-frame windows have alternating peaked and segmental pediments. The south side elevation is nearly featureless. The original International-style section faces Newman Ave. and was built in 1951. Its features include an aluminum-frame front entry and window wall under a cantilevered aluminum awning, an open-front bookmobile garage bay, and a glass block window on the east (alley) wall.