This branch was built with a $35,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. Architect C.H. Russel designed this Italian Renaissance style building, which, at the time it opened in 1916, was intended to serve a community of workers in the then nearby orange and avocado groves and wheat fields. Exterior view of Cahuenga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard.
Los Angeles Public Library.--Cahuenga Branch Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles Renaissance revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles) Electric lines--Poles and towers Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Russel, Clarence H Santa Monica Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) East Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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