diff --git a/src/components/Container.js b/src/components/Container.js
index cac8d96a2..5d53d4519 100644
--- a/src/components/Container.js
+++ b/src/components/Container.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import cx from 'classnames';
 
 import './Container.scss';
 
-const Container = ({ children }) => (
-  <div className="u-container">{children}</div>
+const Container = ({ children, className }) => (
+  <div className={cx('u-container', className)}>{children}</div>
 );
 
 Container.propTypes = {
   children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
+  className: PropTypes.string,
 };
 
 export default Container;
diff --git a/src/components/HamburgerMenu.js b/src/components/HamburgerMenu.js
index ed278f7f1..1a1ac73f0 100644
--- a/src/components/HamburgerMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/HamburgerMenu.js
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import cx from 'classnames';
 
 import './HamburgerMenu.scss';
 
-const HamburgerMenu = ({ toggle, open }) => (
+const HamburgerMenu = ({ toggle, isOpen }) => (
   <button
-    aria-expanded={open}
+    aria-expanded={isOpen}
     aria-label="Mobile Menu"
     type="button"
-    className={cx('HamburgerMenu', { 'is-open': open })}
+    className={cx('HamburgerMenu', { 'is-open': isOpen })}
     onClick={() => toggle()}
   >
     <div />
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ const HamburgerMenu = ({ toggle, open }) => (
 
 HamburgerMenu.propTypes = {
   toggle: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  open: PropTypes.bool,
+  isOpen: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 HamburgerMenu.defaultProps = {
-  open: false,
+  isOpen: false,
 };
 
 export default HamburgerMenu;
diff --git a/src/components/Header.js b/src/components/Header.js
index 28f6102d0..b20e0848b 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.js
+++ b/src/components/Header.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import './Header.scss';
-
-import { Link, graphql, useStaticQuery } from 'gatsby';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { Link, graphql, useStaticQuery } from 'gatsby';
+import cx from 'classnames';
 
+import { link } from '../types';
 import Container from './Container';
 import ExternalLink from './ExternalLink';
 import HamburgerMenu from './HamburgerMenu';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import cx from 'classnames';
+import './Header.scss';
 
 const Header = ({ pages }) => {
-  const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
 
   // NOTE: we may want to abstract this
   const data = useStaticQuery(graphql`
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const Header = ({ pages }) => {
   `);
 
   return (
-    <header className={cx('Header--main', { 'is-open': menuOpen })}>
+    <header className={cx('Header--main', { 'is-open': isOpen })}>
       <Container>
         <nav
           role="navigation"
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ const Header = ({ pages }) => {
           <Link to="/">{'</>'} New Relic Developers</Link>
         </h1>
 
-        <HamburgerMenu toggle={() => setMenuOpen(!menuOpen)} open={menuOpen} />
+        <HamburgerMenu toggle={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)} isOpen={isOpen} />
 
         <nav role="navigation" aria-label="Main" className="Header-nav--main">
           <h3 className="u-hideOnDesktop">Developers</h3>
           <ul>
             {pages.map((page, i) => (
               <li key={i}>
-                <Link to={page.path}>{page.displayName}</Link>
+                <Link to={page.url}>{page.displayName}</Link>
               </li>
             ))}
           </ul>
@@ -103,22 +103,16 @@ const Header = ({ pages }) => {
 };
 
 Header.propTypes = {
-  pages: PropTypes.arrayOf(
-    PropTypes.shape({
-      displayName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-      path: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-      active: PropTypes.bool,
-    })
-  ),
+  pages: PropTypes.arrayOf(link),
 };
 
 Header.defaultProps = {
   pages: [
-    { displayName: 'Collect Data', path: '' },
-    { displayName: 'Explore Data', path: 'explore-data' },
-    { displayName: 'Build Apps', path: '' },
-    { displayName: 'Automate New Relic', path: '' },
-    { displayName: 'Reference Docs', path: '' },
+    { displayName: 'Collect Data', url: '' },
+    { displayName: 'Explore Data', url: 'explore-data' },
+    { displayName: 'Build Apps', url: '' },
+    { displayName: 'Automate New Relic', url: '' },
+    { displayName: 'Reference Docs', url: '' },
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/Layout.js b/src/components/Layout.js
index fa46ca3dc..3d24cd9ca 100644
--- a/src/components/Layout.js
+++ b/src/components/Layout.js
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ const Layout = ({ children }) => (
   <>
     <Header />
     <main>{children}</main>
-    <footer>
-      © {new Date().getFullYear()}, Built with
-      {` `}
-      <a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.org">Gatsby</a>
-    </footer>
   </>
 );
 
diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.js b/src/components/Sidebar.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64fa2d446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Sidebar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { Link } from 'gatsby';
+import cx from 'classnames';
+
+import { link } from '../types';
+import './Sidebar.scss';
+
+// recursively create navigation
+const renderNav = (page, index) => (
+  <li key={index}>
+    <Link to={page.url} className={cx({ 'is-active': page.active })}>
+      {page.displayName}
+    </Link>
+    {page.children && <ul>{page.children.map(renderNav)}</ul>}
+  </li>
+);
+
+const Sidebar = ({ pages, isOpen, toggle }) => (
+  <aside className={cx('Sidebar', { 'is-open': isOpen })}>
+    <div className="Sidebar-top">
+      <h3>Pages</h3>
+      <button
+        aria-expanded={isOpen}
+        className="Sidebar-toggle"
+        aria-label="Main Menu Toggle"
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => toggle()}
+      >
+        {isOpen ? 'close' : 'open'}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+    <nav role="navigation" aria-label="Sidebar">
+      <ul>{pages.map(renderNav)}</ul>
+    </nav>
+  </aside>
+);
+
+Sidebar.propTypes = {
+  toggle: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  pages: PropTypes.arrayOf(link).isRequired,
+  isOpen: PropTypes.bool,
+};
+
+Sidebar.defaultProps = {
+  isOpen: false,
+};
+
+export default Sidebar;
diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.scss b/src/components/Sidebar.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52e398ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Sidebar.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+.Sidebar {
+  padding: 1rem;
+
+  ul {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding-left: 1rem;
+    list-style: none;
+  }
+
+  a {
+    text-decoration: none;
+    color: var(--color-black);
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0.2rem 0;
+
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+
+    &.is-active {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+  }
+
+  h3 {
+    margin: 0;
+  }
+
+  button {
+    background: none;
+    border: 0;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    width: 3rem;
+    display: none;
+
+    @media (max-width: 760px) {
+      display: block;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .Sidebar-top {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+  }
+
+  nav {
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+
+    @media (max-width: 760px) {
+      display: none;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.is-open {
+    nav {
+      @media (max-width: 760px) {
+        display: block;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/reference.js b/src/pages/reference.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4bcc4bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/reference.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+
+import Container from '../components/Container';
+import Layout from '../components/Layout';
+import Sidebar from '../components/Sidebar';
+
+// TODO: move this js file to same directory and update import
+import '../templates/Reference.scss';
+
+// TODO: pull this in from Gatsby
+const pages = [
+  { displayName: 'Overview', url: '' },
+  {
+    displayName: 'CLI',
+    url: '',
+    children: [
+      { displayName: 'newrelic', url: '' },
+      { displayName: 'nr1', url: '' },
+    ],
+  },
+  { displayName: 'GraphQL', url: '' },
+  {
+    displayName: 'Applications',
+    url: '',
+    children: [
+      { displayName: 'Component Library', url: '', active: true },
+      { displayName: 'File structure', url: '' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    displayName: 'Data Collectors',
+    url: '',
+    children: [
+      { displayName: 'Custom Attributes', url: '' },
+      { displayName: 'Custom Events', url: '' },
+      { displayName: 'Open Telemetry', url: '' },
+      { displayName: 'Telemetry SDK', url: '' },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    displayName: 'Automation',
+    url: '',
+    children: [
+      { displayName: 'Cloud Formation Provider', url: '' },
+      { displayName: 'Terraform Provider', url: '' },
+      {
+        displayName: 'Agent Deploy',
+        url: '',
+        children: [
+          { displayName: 'Ansible', url: '' },
+          { displayName: 'Chef', url: '' },
+          { displayName: 'Puppet', url: '' },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+];
+
+const Reference = () => {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <Layout>
+      <Container className="ReferenceTemplate">
+        <Sidebar
+          pages={pages}
+          isOpen={isOpen}
+          toggle={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}
+        />
+        <main className="ReferenceTemplate-content">
+          The main page content goes here
+        </main>
+      </Container>
+    </Layout>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Reference;
diff --git a/src/templates/Reference.scss b/src/templates/Reference.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6814d6750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/Reference.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.ReferenceTemplate {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr 3fr;
+  grid-template-areas: 'sidebar main';
+
+  @media (max-width: 760px) {
+    grid-template-columns: none;
+    grid-template-areas: 'sidebar' 'main';
+  }
+
+  .Sidebar {
+    grid-area: sidebar;
+  }
+
+  .ReferenceTemplate-content {
+    grid-area: main;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..602eea517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+// NOTE: while creating a recursive data structure is feasible,
+// it is not very performant.
+export const link = PropTypes.shape({
+  displayName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  url: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  active: PropTypes.bool,
+  children: PropTypes.array,
+});