National Register of Historic Places

Dana, Richard Henry, Branch

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Listed
May 18, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001007

About this property

Richard Henry Dana Branch, named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. and later known as the Cypress Park Branch, is a former branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Cypress Park, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, California. The Georgian Revival style building was built in 1926 based on a design by architect Harry S. Bent. In 1987, the Richard Henry Dana Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission. The application noted that Dana Branch is a one-story New England Colonial Revival Style building. It is designed in an L-plan with a high-pitched gable roof. The portico features paired wood paneled doors with an arched canopy supported by paneled posts. It was initially creamy green with a deep green roof. In 2001, ground was broken for the construction of a new branch library in Cypress Park. The new branch, with 35,000 books, several computer stations and a community meeting room, is three times larger than the schoolhouse-type library branch on Pepper Avenue that served Cypress Park since 1927. There were plans to use the old branch as a senior citizens center. The old library reopened as a community center on December 14, 2015. It has been renamed as The Cypress Park Club House.

Location

3320 Pepper St.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
34.09088, -118.22253

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Dana, Richard Henry, Branch listed on the National Register?

Dana, Richard Henry, Branch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1987.

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Dana, Richard Henry, Branch is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Dana, Richard Henry, Branch is recorded as the industrial era.

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