John C. Fremont Branch Library is a branch library of the

Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the Los Angeles County Public Library system. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with around 19 million resid ...

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is adjacent to the

Hancock Park Hancock Park is a city park in the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The park's destinations include the La Brea Tar Pits; the adjacent George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, which displa ...

district.Hancock Park Historic Library Getting Shored Up
" ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

''. April 14, 1994. Westside Part J Zones Desk Page 10. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.Hancock Park's Boundaries
." Hancock Park Homeowners Association. Retrieved on March 23, 2010. It was built in 1927 based on a

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

design by architect Merl L. Barker. In 1987, the Fremont Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

as part of a thematic group submission.The 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. The current facility began construction on December 26, 1926 and was completed in May 1927. The library opened on June 1, 1927. The library closed in 1990 because its masonry was not reinforced and the building was not in compliance with seismic safety codes. The library operated from a temporary location until February 1996. The library re-opened in its current location on March 26, 1996. The in-compliance library gained air conditioning, a meeting room, a small parking lot, wiring for computer and internet usage, and access for disabled persons.A Brief John C. Fremont Branch Library History
"

. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.

References

External links

John C. Fremont Branch Library
-

John C. Fremont Branch Library History, 1949–1959

Grand opening celebration for the John C. Fremont Branch, Mar. 25, 1996

60th anniversary celebration, John C. Fremont branch, 1987
{{Authority control Library buildings completed in 1927 Libraries in Los Angeles Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Mediterranean Revival architecture in California 1920s architecture in the United States Buildings and structures in Los Angeles Hancock Park, Los Angeles

See also

References

External links