Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes in over 15 floors. It is an example of Gothic architecture, adorned with hundreds of panes of stained glass created by G. Owen Bonawit.

Although the architect, James Gamble Rogers, originally intended Sterling to be taller, construction had to be curtailed when funds ran out. As a result, myths and legends abound on the Yale campus regarding fanciful structures that exist on the roof, built of surplused construction materials. One story has a small castle hiding the air-conditioning system. Another claims that there exists an entire miniature city up there, complete with its own stone golf course.

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