Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles

Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jefferson Branch
nrhp_type =


caption = Jefferson Branch, 2008
location= 2211 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 1
lat_seconds = 20
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 18
long_seconds = 59
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1923
architect= Noerenberg,C.E.
architecture= Mission/Spanish Revival
added = May 19, 1987
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
refnum=87001012cite 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]

Jefferson Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1923 based on a 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.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/15/523021.pdf Jefferson Branch Library history, 1936]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523027.pdf Highlights of the Jefferson Branch Library history 1912-1985, 1985]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523026.pdf Dedication ceremonies, Jefferson Branch Library-Vassie D. Wright Memorial, Jun. 6, 1985]
* [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523023.pdf Newspaper article, "Library named for Vassie D. Wright: Black historian," Feb. 28, 1985]


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