Kent Library was built in 1939 as Public Works Administration (PWA) project along with Cheney Hall. The original building was designed in the neoclassical style using limestone from a local site, keeping with the prominent style on campus. Its original design also included wide art glass on the outer windows. The building underwent a major renovation between 1965 and 1968 that expanded the building space considerably and wrapped the original structure in a modernist concrete screen. It houses the university’s library, archives and associated facilities along with a student computer lab. Various offices have been housed in the facility over the years. The library is named after Sadie Kent, a longtime librarian and faculty member at the school. It was the first building on campus to be named after a woman.