Vermont Square Branch Library
Vermont Square Branch | |
Vermont Square Branch, May 2008 | |
| Location | 1201 W. 48th Street, Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 33°59′59″N 118°17′42″W / 33.99972°N 118.29500°W |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Sumner Hunt Silas Reese Burns |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival, Mediterranean Revival |
| MPS | Los Angeles Branch Library System TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001022 |
| LAHCM No. | 264 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1987 |
| Designated LAHCM | June 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.