Chapman Branch Library

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Chapman Branch Library
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Location577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates 40°45′24″N111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W / 40.75667; -111.91611 Coordinates: 40°45′24″N111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W / 40.75667; -111.91611
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Built byAshton Improvement Co.
Architect Don Carlos Young, Jr.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 80003918 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1980

The Chapman Branch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, is a Carnegie library that was funded by a $25,000 Carnegie Foundation grant and was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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Description

The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system. [2]

It is an L-shaped building designed in Classical Revival architecture by architect Don Carlos Young, Jr., who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings. At the time of its dedication, a Deseret News account declared it "'the beginning of the greatest social, intellectual and civic development the west side of the city has yet known.'!". [2] :5

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library". National Park Service. and accompanying photos

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