"[2] The library is named for Roger Williams Woodbury, "a businessman, journalist and banker who served as Denver’s first president of the Chamber of Commerce.
The bays have two, three, and two arched window openings, each with terra cotta surrounds having cast "Classical and Renaissance motifs".
[2] In front of the entrance originally stood "an elegant balustrade" with urns and lamps; at some point this was replaced by a brick wall.
The renovation focus was "mainly on improving the function, technology, energy-efficiency, building security, comfort and aesthetics of the library.
The Renaissance Revival style of the building is reminiscent of a classical Italian villa with its red clay tile roof, dramatic arched windows and substantial stone pediments.
"[4] And it notes that "[p]erhaps the most striking interior features still in use today are the elegantly detailed, exposed wood roof trusses extending the length of the 1913 construction.
The library includes learning centers in the basement, and exploration, transact and orient focused services on the first and second floors.
Per the Thematic Resources documentation,This seven-acre park, which is shaped like a thumb, is flanked by residential streets to the south, west, and north and by Federal Boulevard to the east.
A wide, and, for the time, sophisticated, range of plant material was selected for the site, including sycamore, catalpa, hackberry, honey locust, Kentucky coffeetree, horse chestnut, white and bur oak, Rocky Mountain juniper, cornelian cherry, and larch.