Vermont Square Branch Library

Vermont Square Branch
Vermont Square Branch, May 2008
Location1201 W. 48th Street,
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates33°59′59″N 118°17′42″W / 33.99972°N 118.29500°W / 33.99972; -118.29500
Built1913
ArchitectSumner Hunt
Silas Reese Burns
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance Revival, Mediterranean Revival
MPSLos Angeles Branch Library System TR
NRHP reference No.87001022
LAHCM No.264
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1987
Designated LAHCMJune 7, 1983

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.