Billings Library

Don’t be fooled by the name – Billings is no longer the university’s main library but rather a multipurpose building housing some incredible scholarly services, administrative services, and the university’s special collections. On the National Register of Historic Places, this treasured Romanesque style building was designed by famed 19th Century architect Henry Hobson Richardson and its construction funded by native Vermonter Frederick Billings, who became president of the Northern Pacific Railroad and after whom Billings, Montana is named. Dedicated as the main university library in 1885, demands eventually outgrew the facility and it was renovated to serve as a student center and then as an administrative facility for many years. Current visitors can stop by Billings for the the Silver Special Collections Library along with its lovely reading and exhibit spaces, the Miller Center for Holocaust Studies, the Center for Research on Vermont, the Humanities Center, and the CatCard Service Center.