Exterior view of the front of Cahuenga Branch Library, located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard. It 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.
Los Angeles Public Library.--Cahuenga Branch Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles Renaissance revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Streets--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Russel, Clarence H East Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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