Interior view of the Children's Room at the Cahuenga Branch Library, located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard, was built with a $35,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. Architect C.H. Russell 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. Architect: C.H. Russel. Photo dated: April 7, 1923.
Los Angeles Public Library.--Cahuenga Branch Branch libraries--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles) Renaissance revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--East Hollywood (Los Angeles) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Russel, Clarence H East Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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