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.
Jefferson Branch | |
 Jefferson Branch, 2008 | |
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| 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°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 |
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
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References
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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
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