Angeles Mesa Branch Library

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Location2700 W. 52nd St.,
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 33°59′41″N118°19′20″W / 33.99472°N 118.32222°W / 33.99472; -118.32222
Built1929
ArchitectRoyal Dana
Architectural style Spanish Colonial Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
MPS Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
NRHP reference No. 87001005
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1987 [1]

Angeles Mesa Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Angeles Mesa neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was built in the late 1920s based on a Spanish Colonial Revival style design by architect Royal Dana. The building was dedicated and opened to the public on October 9, 1928, and cost about $35,000 to build and furnish.

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In 1987, the Angeles Mesa Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission. [2] The application noted that the branch libraries had been constructed in a variety of period revival styles to house the initial branch library system of the City of Los Angeles.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. The Los Angeles Branch Library System TR Multiple Property Submission nomination explains 22 branch libraries but one, the University Branch, appears not to have been listed.

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