"Designed in 1972 by Connecticut architect Warren Platner, the town’s Kent Memorial Library is at the center of a preservation dispute. A town building committee has recommended that the building be demolished to make way for a new library that would be larger and fully accessible. An additional factor is lingering resentment over the construction of a Modernist building in Suffield’s center, which is both a National Register district and a local historic district.

Built around a central courtyard, the library is a formal, symmetrical design intended to compliment the Colonial and Federal-era buildings of Suffield’s main street. Inside, there are elegant finishes and small nooks to provide private spaces for reading and study. Large windows provide plenty of light.."