 The new library was remodeled on several occasions , with a new wing added in 1941 . The 1918 building was located on the southeast corner of Campus Way and Waldo Place and after the 1941 addition , had about 76 @,@ 000 square feet ( 7 @,@ 100 m2 ) of space spread over three floors and a full basement . Designed in the neoclassical style , the exterior was made of bricks and contained decorative plaques constructed of concrete , with the gabled roof covered with tile . The original design had two @-@ story reading rooms , which were converted to single @-@ story rooms in the 1950s . A mural painted by J. Leo Fairbanks was added to the main reading room in 1929 as a gift from the school 's class of 1925 . The mural was titled Recorded Information and was the second mural in that room by Fairbanks , who was the longtime head of the school 's art department . 
