Given the community’s growth over the years and new designation as a district library, the Howell Library embarked on a major building restoration and expansion project. QUINN EVANS | ARCHITECTS was engaged for the restoration of this historic Carnegie library, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The elegant historic entrance was retained as the primary entrance to the facility. To accommodate this, QE|A designed a new access ramp configuration, including a low concealing wall of granite that blends with the existing granite facade of the structure. Interior restoration of ornamental mouldings and historic finishes and restoration of the sky-lit central rotunda have opened the building to light and provide inspiring public spaces for library patrons. |
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