Harold Washington Library

The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Harold Washington Library Center
General information
Architectural style	Postmodernism
Address	400 S. State Street
Town or city	Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
Coordinates	41.87632°N 87.628219°W / 41.87632; -87.628219
Completed	October 7, 1991
Client	Chicago Public Library
Design and construction
Architect	Hammond, Beeby and Babka

It is a full-service library and ADA (people with disabilities) can access the library. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free wifi internet service. The building contains has756,000 square feet (70,200 m²) of space.^[1]

The total square footage is about 972,000 square feet (90,300 m²) including the rooftop garden penthouse, according to the Zoning department of the city of Chicago.^[2]