Vermont Square Branch Library
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Vermont Square Branch Library is the oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located about a mile southwest of the University of Southern California campus, in the Vermont Square district, it was built in 1913 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. One of three surviving Carnegie libraries in Los Angeles, it has been designated a Historic-Cultural Monument and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Vermont Square Branch | |
Location | 1201 W. 48th Street, Los Angeles, California |
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Coordinates | 33°59′59″N 118°17′42″W |
Built | 1913 |
Architect | Sumner Hunt Silas Reese Burns |
Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival, Mediterranean Revival |
MPS | Los Angeles Branch Library System TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87001022 |
LAHCM No. | 264 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1987[1] |
Designated LAHCM | June 7, 1983[2] |
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