📍 The Main Library at #ILLINOIS is the forward facing structure that represents the second largest university library collection in the United States. It was purposely built away from the center of campus, a break from traditional campus planning, to allow the building to expand. This proved necessary; the library's holdings grew from 649,924 volumes in 1926 to one million volumes in 1935. The structure was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2000.⁣ ⁣ #ILLINOISalumni | #ForeverIllini