St. Louis Public Library Central Branch050

The archiecturally significant central branch of the St. Louis Library, designed by architect Cass Gilbert in a modified Italian Renaissance style and featuring beautiful stained glass windows and hand-stenciled ceilings, is actually several libraries in one. In addition to the main library collections, there are also libraries devoted to humanities, history and genealogy, fine arts, pop culture, rare books, large print, and books-on-tape.

The central branch also offers Bosnian, African, Hispanic, German, and Asian residents access to books and films in their own languages. Children love to check out toys from the community toy box, as well as books from different countries, available from the international book box.