Los Angeles Branch Library System

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Los Angeles Branch Library System
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8 of the 22 branches. From left to right, top to bottom: Cahuenga, Lincoln Heights, North Hollywood, Moneta, Memorial, Felipe de Neve, Robert Louis Stevenson, and John C. Fremont.
Location Los Angeles, California
Built1913–1930
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural style Revival
NRHP reference No. 64000066
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1987

Los Angeles Branch Library System, also known as Los Angeles Public Library Branches, is a multiple property thematic submission to the National Register of Historic Places that consists of twenty-two branches of the Los Angeles Public Library.

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Description

The Los Angeles Branch Library System is a thematic group of twenty-two buildings that were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1987. Each building is an original branch of the Los Angeles Public Library built between 1913 and 1930, most were designed to incorporate features related to notable literary figures and all feature Revival designs, including Classical, Colonial, Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Italian Romanesque, Mediterranean, Spanish, Spanish Colonial, and more. Most were designed by prominent architects of the time period, including Allison & Allison, John C. Austin, Lyman Farwell, Sumner Hunt, Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury, Weston and Weston, Austin Whittlesey, William Lee Woollett, and others, and all feature the majority of their original exterior with updated interiors. Several buildings are located in parks and many are the only ones of landmark stature in their entire neighborhood. [1]

Libraries

The twenty-two branches included in the Los Angeles Branch Library System listing are: [1]

Figueroa Branch (1923) [1] and Pio Pico Branch (1923–1979) [2] were originally included but later removed, the former due to remodeling and the latter because it was demolished. [1] Additionally, Hollywood (1907, 1923, or 1940) [3] and Edendale Branch (1923) [4] were not included due to remodeling. [1]

Three branches, Echo Park (1928–1971), [5] East Los Angeles (1916–1974), [6] and San Pedro, [1] were not listed because they were demolished after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. [1] However, Los Angeles Public Library lists Vernon (1915–1974), not San Pedro, as the third of the three branches demolished after the 1971 earthquake. [7] [8] Additionally, according to the library system and other sources, San Pedro Branch has undergone several versions: the first opened in 1906, closed in 1924, [9] [10] and was demolished in 1966; [11] the second opened in 1924, was condemned in 1944, and was demolished soon after; the third opened in 1949 and closed and was demolished in 1983; and the fourth opened in 1983. [10] It is not clear whether the NRHP listing is referring to the San Pedro Branch demolished in 1983, another San Pedro Branch, or Vernon Branch when it lists San Pedro Branch as having been demolished after the 1971 earthquake. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Los Angeles Branch Library System (Thematic Nomination)" (PDF). National Park Service. May 19, 1987.
  2. ↑ "A Brief Pio Pico – Koreatown Branch Library History". Los Angeles Public Library . Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  3. ↑ Sanford, Tiffney (December 9, 2022). "Hollywood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library". Los Angeles Public Library.
  4. ↑ Michelson, Alan. "City of Los Angeles, Public Library (LAPL), Branch #1, Edendale, Los Angeles, CA (1923)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database . University of Washington . Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  5. ↑ "A Brief Echo Park Branch Library History". Los Angeles Public Library . Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  6. ↑ Kortum, Lucy (1999–2011). "San Pedro, Los Angeles County". carnegie-libraries.org. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Los Angeles Public Library Timeline". Los Angeles Public Library . Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  8. ↑ "A Brief Vernon Branch Library History". Los Angeles Public Library . Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  9. ↑ Sanford, Tiffney (July 11, 2022). "San Pedro Regional Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library". Los Angeles Public Library.
  10. 1 2 "Once Upon a Book…". San Pedro Historical Society. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  11. ↑ Kortum, Lucy (1999–2011). "Los Angeles/Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County". carnegie-libraries.org. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
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