Angeles Mesa Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Angeles Mesa neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was built in the late 1920s based on a Spanish Colonial Revival style design by architect Royal Dana. The building was dedicated and opened to the public on October 9, 1928, and cost about $35,000 to build and furnish.
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.[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
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
Media related to Angeles Mesa Branch Library at Wikimedia Commons
- Angeles Mesa Branch - Los Angeles Public Library
- Brief history of the Angeles Mesa Branch Library
- Typewritten history of Angeles Mesa Branch Library from 1936 to 1949, written by staff
- Information concerning the construction of Angeles Mesa Branch Library--facts and figures
- Program for the re-dedication of the renovated Angeles Mesa Branch Library, with its history in English and Spanish
- Newspaper article, "Local library starts with deposit of 150 books", Angeles Mesa News, June 25, 1937
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