The A. K. Smiley Public Library is the architectural anchor of downtown Redlands: a Moorish Revival sandstone building with arched arcades, terra-cotta roofs, and stained glass, set in its own small park. The interior is intact — wood-panelled reading rooms, leaded windows, a small two-storey rotunda — and the building still functions as the city's main public library. Even if you have no business there, walk in and look around.
The Lincoln Memorial Shrine sits behind the library and is administered as part of the same institution. The library is open most days; the building is most pleasant in the morning when sun comes through the east-facing rotunda.