[1] It was designed by architect Maurice Biscoe in Italian Renaissance Revival style.

It has a hipped roof of red Spanish tile with broad overhanging eaves supported by wooden brackets, and a broad cornice "ornamented with ceramic tiles of heraldic designs, originally in brilliant colors.

The murals and relief sculptures were removed from the building after the library was closed, and, as of 2001, their locations were unknown.

[3] It was deemed significant "for its association with the nationwide public library movement sponsored and funded by grants from Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic foundation, ...for its association with the City of Denver's efforts to create a system of branch public libraries, [and] ... as an important example of the work of Denver architect Maurice Biscoe.

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