Hudson Library and Historical Society
Location:
Hudson, Ohio
Size:
50,000 s.f.
Construction Cost:
$10.6 million
Completion Date:
Late Spring 2005
Description:
This library embraces Western Reserve architecture of the
community. Exterior elements such as rectangular brick pilasters, strong
gable end forms, repeated arched brick relief, entablature trim bands, and
cupolas, are all features found in the historic architecture of the
community. The back of the building is a glassy rotunda and glass walls in
the children’s area that open up to a new library green. The new library
green is an extension of trails, stream and green spaces that weave through
the community
Site Plan
Front Entry
Building From Street
Circulation Desk
Drive-up Window
Courtyard
Rotunda
Main Stair
Main Stair
Rotunda Seating Group
Gallery to Meeting Rooms
Children's Department
Children's Department
Children's Department
Children's Desk
Junior Nonfiction Endpanels
Teen Area
Eldredge Reading Room
Fiction Stacks and Display
Archives Room
Archives Room
Main Level Plan
Upper Level Plan
Project Description
Library Work
Meehan Architects, Inc. 1337 W. 10th St. Cleveland, OH 44113