Dallas-based Phillips Swager used local stone in a random rubble bond for the veneer, with green glass windows set in aluminum frames and mullions, and a bright metal pyramidal roof. A two-story-tall tower with clerestory windows and deep eaves is tucked into a corner of the building and marks the entrance. The resulting character is of a rural vernacular, in contrast with the fine stonework of the courthouse a block away.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Sutton County Public Library", [Sonora, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-RB7.
Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 431-431.
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