Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles
Jefferson Branch | |
Location | 2211 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
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Coordinates | 34°1′20″N 118°18′59″W / 34.02222°N 118.31639°WCoordinates: 34°1′20″N 118°18′59″W / 34.02222°N 118.31639°W |
Built | 1923 |
Architect | Noerenberg, C.E. |
Architectural style | Mission-Spanish Colonial Revival |
MPS | Los Angeles Branch Library System TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87001012[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 1987 |
Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1923 based on a Spanish Colonial Revival design by architect C.E. Noerenberg.
In 1987, the Jefferson 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.
See also[]
- List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Public Library
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library - Los Angeles Public Library
- Jefferson Branch Library history, 1936
- Highlights of the Jefferson Branch Library history 1912-1985, 1985
- Dedication ceremonies, Jefferson Branch Library-Vassie D. Wright Memorial, Jun. 6, 1985
- Newspaper article, "Library named for Vassie D. Wright: Black historian," Feb. 28, 1985
Categories:
- Library buildings completed in 1923
- Libraries in Los Angeles
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
- Jefferson Park, Los Angeles
- 1923 establishments in California
- Los Angeles County, California Registered Historic Place stubs
- Los Angeles building and structure stubs