Title supplied by cataloger. The Homer Laughlin Building, located at 315 S. Broadway, was built in 1897 by architect John Parkinson and expanded in 1905 under architect Harrison Albright's supervision, was home to the Los Angeles Public Library from 1906-1908, and once housed an office for American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Other locations where the Los Angeles Public Library has been housed: 17 years in the Downey Block Building (1872-1889); 17 years in City Hall (1889-1906); 2 years in the Homer Laughlin Building (1906-1908); 6 years in the Hamburger Building (1908-1914); 12 years in the Metropolitan Building (1914-1926); 60 years in the Central Library Building* (1926-1986); *Closed to the public due to devastating fire (1986-1987); 6 years in the Los Angeles Design Center/Title Insurance + Trust Company (1987-1993); Central Library Building (1993-Present). View of the General Reading Room of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Homer Laughlin Building. It shows a long 120 x 140 room with several support columns running down the middle, and exposed support beams with fire sprinklers on each beam. Long tables surrounded by chairs have been placed next to a panel of windows, and shelving is visible toward the rear and left of the room. The Library, housed at the Laughlin Building from 1906-1908, had four such rooms.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 22 cm. on sheet 18 x 25 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library Homer Laughlin Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Reading rooms--California--Los Angeles Libraries--California--Los Angeles Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Albright, Harrison
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