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Smathers Library Character-Defining Features
SCALE

2-1/2 and 3-1/2 stories

MASSING

L shape plan

Cross gable bays every 4th by on north facade

Buttresses

ROOF

Gables and cross gables

Shed dormers

ENTRANCES

Rectangle at ends on long side and in the L

WINDOWS

Wood

4 over 4 ligh double hung, paired

3rd floor pointed arches over windows

MATERIALS

Brick is Common Cross Bond

6th course Flemish header

Flat arch soldier above windows

Flat clay tile, variegated colors (ochre, reds, olive greens) with “bump” ridge tiles

ORNAMENTATION

Cast stone sills

Water table above first floor

Around Entrances

INTERIOR FEATURES

Reading Room

BUILDING-SITE RELATIONSHIP

Defines Northeast corner of the Plaza space

Defines open space with Anderson Hall to North