Exterior view of Vernon Branch Library, located at 4504 South Central Avenue. It was one of six City of Los Angeles libraries to be funded with a grant from Andrew Carnegie; the grant for this structure totaled $35,000. Designed by architects Charles H. Kysor & Charles H. Biggar, it is an example of the Classical Revival (Type A) style. Its special feature was an open air reading room that could be converted into a closed room by means of a sliding sash. This Carnegie library, which served the community from 1915-1974, had replaced a library delivery station that had been maintained by neighborhood residents since 1901. In 1974, this building was demolished after it had suffered significant damage in the 1971 earthquake. After the earthquake, the branch was located in a temporary structure shown in image 00063698.
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