The architecture firm of Burnham & Hammond designed the building in the PWA's characteristic PWA Moderne style; their design features square massing, a flat brick and limestone exterior, prism-shaped pilasters, and reeding above the entrance.

While the pilasters are in keeping with Moderne design, their prism shape is unusual; they may have been influenced by Burnham's earlier work or by Czech Cubism, given Berwyn's substantial Czech-American population at the time.

[2] The building originally housed Berwyn's city offices, its library, and its police and fire departments.

An addition was placed on the building in 1991 to give it an elevator in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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