Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Jefferson Branch
| nrhp_type =
| image = Jefferson Branch Library, Los Angeles.JPG
| caption = Jefferson Branch, 2008
| location = 2211 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, California
| coordinates = {{coord|34|1|20|N|118|18|59|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Los Angeles Metropolitan Area#California#USA
| area =
| built = 1923
| architect = Noerenberg, C.E.
| architecture = Mission-Spanish Colonial Revival
| added = May 19, 1987
| mpsub = Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
| refnum = 87001012{{NRISref|2008a}}
}}
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.The {{NRHP url|id=64000066|title=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. 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.
See also
{{Portal|Los Angeles}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.lapl.org/branches/jefferson Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library] - Los Angeles Public Library
- [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523021.pdf Jefferson Branch Library history, 1936]
- [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523027.pdf Highlights of the Jefferson Branch Library history 1912-1985, 1985]
- [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523026.pdf Dedication ceremonies, Jefferson Branch Library-Vassie D. Wright Memorial, Jun. 6, 1985]
- [http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/15/523023.pdf Newspaper article, "Library named for Vassie D. Wright: Black historian," Feb. 28, 1985]
{{Los Angeles Public Library}}
{{Registered Historic Places}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Library buildings completed in 1923
Category:Libraries in Los Angeles
Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
Category:Jefferson Park, Los Angeles
Category:1923 establishments in California
{{LosAngelesCountyCA-NRHP-stub}}
{{LosAngeles-struct-stub}}