This photograph is from the in the Security Pacific Bank Collection. The Vermont Square Library was designed by architects Sumner Hunt and Silas Reese Burns, Funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie, it was completed in 1913. Located at 1201 W. 48th St. in the Vermont Square district, it is the oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. One of the three surviving Carnegie libraries in Los Angeles, it has been designated a Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Exterior view of the Vermont Square Branch Library, an Italian Renaissance revival style building, with a large lawn and trees in front. Written on back of photo: Vermont Square Branch Library. Typescript on back of photo: Vermont Square Regional Branch. Photographer's stamp: "Dick" Whittington / Photography / Phone Dunkirk 8-0368 / 1501 West Olympic Blvd. / Los Angeles 15, Calif. / Photo # [written:] 011-45-14
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uclalsc_1889_b20_f19_005a.tif ark:/21198/z1x36fng
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Library buildings Carnegie libraries Renaissance revival (Architecture) Branch libraries Los Angeles Public Library (Calif.). Vermont Square Branch Library Burns, Silas Reese, 1855-1940 Hunt, Sumner, 1865-1938
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