Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center
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Eagle Rock Branch Library | |
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| Location | 2225 Colorado Boulevard, Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA |
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| Coordinates | 34°8′22.51″N 118°12′53.69″W / 34.1395861°N 118.2149139°WCoordinates: 34°8′22.51″N 118°12′53.69″W / 34.1395861°N 118.2149139°W |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Henry C. Newton; Robert D. Murray |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival |
| Governing body | Local |
| MPS | Los Angeles Branch Library System TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 87001004 |
| LAHCM # | 292 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1987[1] |
| Designated LAHCM | June 18, 1985[2] |
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, formerly known as the Eagle Rock Branch Library, is a historic Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style building in Eagle Rock, in north-central Los Angeles County, California.
Library
The building was built in 1915 as a Carnegie library, named the Eagle Rock Carnegie Library.[3] It was rebuilt in 1927,[3] and then became the Eagle Rock Branch Library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. The library was closed in 1981 when a larger accessible facility opened.[3]
Landmark
The building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on 6/18/1985.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Community Cultural Center
The Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center is now in the landmark, located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Rockland, one block west of Eagle Rock Boulevard, in the Eagle Rock district of Los Angeles.
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (2007-09-07). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Eagle Rock Time Line". Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑ "Eagle Rock: Community Pride Through Triumph and Tribulations, by Jean Won and Jan Lin". Retrieved 2007-08-29.
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