Harold Washington Library

Harold Washington Library Center
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General information
Architectural styleNew Classical Postmodernism
Address400 S. State Street
Town or cityChicago, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41°52′35″N 87°37′41″W / 41.87639°N 87.62806°W / 41.87639; -87.62806
CompletedOctober 7, 1991
ClientChicago Public Library
Design and construction
Architect(s)Hammond, Beeby and Babka

The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi internet service. Opened in 1991, it functionally replaced (after more than a decade) the city's 19th-century central library. The building contains approximately 756,000 sq ft (70,200 m2) of work space.[1] The total square footage is approximately 972,000 sq ft (90,300 m2) including the rooftop winter-garden event space.[2] It is named in honor of Mayor Harold Washington.

  1. ^ "Harold Washington (Chicago Public Library), Chicago, IL" on Celsus: A Library Architecture Resource
  2. ^ "City of Chicago:Zoning Website". gisapps.cityofchicago.org. Retrieved 26 May 2018.