Hayden Library

Hayden library is one of the most visited areas at Arizona State University campus. It is located on Cady Mall, not only ASU students are welcome, but it is open for the general public till midnight. It is open twenty four hours five days a week, Monday through Thursday for ASU students.  There are six other libraries at Arizona State University but Hayden Library is on the Tempe campus. It was built in 1966 and named after Charles Trumbull Hayden which was the founder of Tempe and first president of the board of the Arizona Territorial Normal School. The architecture of the five story building is very unique because the entrance is underground and to get to the other building you must travel underground too.  It was designed by an architectural firm of Weaver and Dover. A couple of years after the building was constructed, the library added two floors underneath Hayden Lawn. Above ground, there is a landmark called the "beacon of knowledge" which glows at night by the interior lights of the library below. The library is not only a beautiful structure or a place to check-out books, it also serves other different purposes such as access for the disable, a café shop for students, studying areas, and historical achieves.