Angeles Mesa Branch Library, Los Angeles

Infobox_nrhp | name =Angeles Mesa Branch
nrhp_type =


caption = Angeles Mesa Branch, 2008
location= 2700 W. 52nd St., Los Angeles, California
lat_degrees = 33
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 41
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 19
long_seconds = 20
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1929
architect= Dana,Royal
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
added = May 19, 1987
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
refnum=87001005cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Angeles Mesa Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was built in 1929 based on a design by architect Royal Dana.

In 1987, the Angeles Mesa 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.The [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000066.pdf 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.] 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.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
*Los Angeles Public Library

References

External links

* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/13/521979.pdf Brief history of the Angeles Mesa Branch Library]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/13/521977.pdf Typewritten history of Angeles Mesa Branch Library from 1936 to 1949, written by staff]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/13/521978.pdf Information concerning the construction of Angeles Mesa Branch Library--facts and figures]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/13/521989.pdf Program for the re-dedication of the renovated Angeles Mesa Branch Library, with its history in English and Spanish]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/13/521980.pdf Newspaper article, "Local library starts with deposit of 150 books", Angeles Mesa News, June 25, 1937]