Stuart Hall was the Law School's first permanent building and served as the school's primary residence from 1904 to 1959.
The library's reading room was known for its high ceilings and long wooden tables.
In 1955, noted Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and his firm created preliminary drawings for a new building.
A scale model shows Saarinen's design.
At the new building's groundbreaking, everyone present turned a spadeful of dirt.
Chief Justice Earl Warren and his British counterpart, Viscount Kilmuir of Creich, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, laid the new building's cornerstone. Two time capsules were stored inside.
Dean Edward Levi and then-Vice President Richard Nixon greeted guests in 1959 at the building's grand opening.
The new building featured an auditorium, a courtroom and a student lounge that occupied an entire first floor.
Installation of the Pevsner sculpture in the Law School fountain.
Though the new library had more natural light, shelf space soon was filled to capacity.
A view from the library's third floor shows the Law School's original fountain and reflecting pool.
Students here are relaxing in the Green Lounge before its expansion and with its old furniture.
The Green Lounge's renovation began in 1985, a construction project nicknamed "squaring the rectangle."
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Dean Edward Levi, Lord Goff and Justice Antonin Scalia at the Dedication for the 1987 building expansion.
The D'Angelo Law Library's renovation, completed in 2008, was intended to retain the library's historic design while enhancing student spaces.
A staircase was added to join the library's first two floors.
The focus on a student-friendly design resulted in a library that is a reliable, modern facility.
The renovated Faculty Workshop.
A zero-depth pool over black granite replaced the old reflecting pool in 2008. The Pevsner sculpture still stands in the fountain.