Mott Branch Library

Toledo, Ohio

Mott Branch Library is a new 18,953 square foot facility. The open concept design serves as a “front porch” to both the Roosevelt and Onyx neighborhoods, complete with quiet spaces for adults and interactive spaces for kids. The new location is the south portion of Smith Park between Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and the skate park. This location was deemed safer for students attending the academy or visiting the park as they will no longer need to cross Dorr Street, a major throughway, to get there.

The new library is nearly twice the size of the original Mott Branch, which was approximately 10,000 square feet. The new building consists of a modern design with glass-paneled walls and will have a technology area with computer labs, meeting rooms and presentation rooms of varying sizes, a digital media studio, café and a pavilion.