Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles

United States historic place


Jefferson Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Jefferson Branch, 2008
34°1′20″N 118°18′59″W / 34.02222°N 118.31639°W / 34.02222; -118.31639
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

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.

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.

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

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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