John Muir Branch Library, Los Angeles

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John Muir Branch Library
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Location1005 W. 64th St., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 33°58′53″N118°17′24″W / 33.98139°N 118.29000°W / 33.98139; -118.29000
Built1920
ArchitectWithey, Henry F.
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Spanish Revival
MPS Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
NRHP reference No. 87001017 [1]
LAHCM No.305
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1987
Designated LAHCMJune 27, 1986 [2]

John Muir Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a design by architect Henry F. Withey. [3]

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In 1987, the Muir 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. [4] 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.

Following damage to the building in a series of earthquakes, the library temporarily relocated to a mini-mall in 1987. The historic library was reopened in 1997.

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Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. "Report - HPLA". historicplacesla.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  4. 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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