It is a rectangular five story Neoclassical style structure, constructed of New Haven brick on a limestone foundation.

It features a central pedimented pavilion with Corinthian order columns.

[2] Originally the Utica Public Library sat at the Broad Street offices of Attorney Justus Rathbone in 1825.

[3] When the Junior Museum of Oneida County was founded in 1963, it was housed in the basement of the Utica Public Library.

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