North Hollywood Branch

North Hollywood Branch
North Hollywood Branch, 2008
Location: 5211 N. Tujunga Ave., North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Built: 1930
Architect: Weston & Weston
Architectural style: Mediterranean Revival; [No Style Listed]
Governing body: Local
MPS: Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
NRHP Reference#:

87001018

[1]
Added to NRHP: May 19, 1987

North Hollywood Branch, also known as Amelia Earhart Branch, is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1930 based on a Mediterranean Revival design by architects Weston & Weston.

In 1987, the North Hollywood 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.

The Amelia Earhart Branch is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ 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.