This new 27,400 square foot library building for the Village of Sugar Grove replaces an existing 6,600 square foot facility currently serving a population of about 10,000 in Sugar Grove and parts of neighboring Montgomery and North Aurora. This facility is planned to serve the needs of this growing community for the next 10 to 15 years, with commensurate increases in collections, services, and programs. The selected site is large enough to accommodate an additional 35,000 square feet of future expansion.

The site, the scale of the facility and the staff's desire to maintain a visual connection between departments suggested that a single-story building would be most appropriate. The architectural concept was derived from a public desire that the building reflect the rural roots of the community, rather than an imported vernacular. Working together with the community and key library administrators, Cordogan, Clark and Associates- and Leo A. Daly, the library design consultant for this project - have analyzed several of the area's historic public buildings and farmhouses to distil an architectural vocabulary that most residents agree is appropriate and uniquely Sugar Grove's. Architectural design, detailing, and materials will enhance the sense that the building has long been a part of the community.