Chicago architect Alfred S. Alschuler designed the building in the Beaux Arts style.

[3] The Legler Library originally served an affluent Jewish community.

However, as the demographics of West Garfield Park shifted, it ultimately came to serve a poor and underprivileged African-American population.

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