Main Library construction, Toledo, Ohio, 1939

A series of photographs by Frank Messer and Sons, general contractors, and Hahn and Hayes, architects and engineers that chronicles the building of the Main Library of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library beginning in 1939. Here, except for windows, the exterior appears complete. The building was built in Downtown Toledo with P.W.A. funds. Terms associated with the photograph are: Main Library (Toledo, Ohio) | Toledo Public Library (Toledo, Ohio) | libraries | 325 North Michigan Street (Toledo, Ohio) | Michigan Street (Toledo, Ohio) | Madison Avenue (Toledo, Ohio) | 11th Street (Toledo, Ohio) | Adams Street (Toledo, Ohio) | central business districts | commercial building