Carnegie Library (Anaheim, California)

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Carnegie Library
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Location241 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, California
Coordinates 33°50′0″N117°54′45″W / 33.83333°N 117.91250°W / 33.83333; -117.91250
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1908
Architect John C. Austin
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 79000511 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1979

The Carnegie Library in Anaheim, California is a Carnegie library building built in 1908. The Classical Revival style building was designed by John C. Austin, and opened in 1909.

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It was a public library until 1963. During the 1970s it served as the personnel office for the City of Anaheim. It is now one of the buildings of the MUZEO, a museum of local culture, history and art.

The Anaheim Carnegie Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

It is the only Carnegie library remaining in Orange County; others in Fullerton, Orange, Santa Ana, and Huntington Beach did not survive. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Andrew Deneau; Diann Marsh (January 25, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carnegie Library". National Park Service . Retrieved June 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures

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