Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, formerly known as the Eagle Rock Branch Library and the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, is a historic Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style building in Eagle Rock, in north-central Los Angeles County, California.
Eagle Rock Branch Library | |
 Center for the Arts Eagle Rock | |
| Location | 2225 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°8′22.51″N 118°12′53.69″W / 34.1395861°N 118.2149139°W |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Henry C. Newton; Robert D. Murray |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Los Angeles Branch Library System TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001004 |
| LAHCM No. | 292 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1987[2] |
| Designated LAHCM | June 18, 1985[1] |
Library
editThe building was built in 1915 as a Carnegie library, named the Eagle Rock Carnegie Library.[3] The city of Eagle Rock was annexed to Los Angeles in 1923. The library was rebuilt in 1927,[3] and became the Eagle Rock Branch Library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. The library was closed in 1981 when a larger, accessible facility opened.
History
editIn 1997 the Cultural Affairs Department established The Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center (ERCCC) to provide cultural events to the community. [4] The Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association soon began doing business as Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (CFAER), located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Rockland, one block west of Eagle Rock Boulevard, in the Eagle Rock district of Los Angeles.[3]
The building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on 6/18/1985.[5] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (2007-09-07). "Historic – Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Eagle Rock Time Line". Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ "Eagle Rock History". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ^ "Eagle Rock: Community Pride Through Triumph and Tribulations, by Jean Won and Jan Lin". Retrieved 2007-08-29.