The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Cowles Library

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Institution Name: Drake University
Original/Historic Place Name: Cowles Library
Location on Campus: central campus
Date(s) of Construction:

1937	original construction Proudfoot, Rawson & Brooks-Borg

Designer: Proudfoot, Rawson & Brooks-Borg
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: (Glossary)
Significance: architecture
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: concrete

Walls: brick veneer and concrete

Roof: slate roof

Function:

1937-present (2006)

library

Narrative:
Commissioned by Drake University in 1937, Cowles Library was designed by the team of architects Proudfoot, Rawson, and Brooks-Borg. It is located at the heart of campus and replaced the Carnegie library, once Drake's main library and now home to the Drake University Law Library. Constructed of brick veneer and concrete, Cowles Library functions today as the main university library and offices.

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