National Register of Historic Places

Eagle Rock Branch Library

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Listed
May 18, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001004

About this property

Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, formerly known as the Eagle Rock Branch Library and the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, is a historic Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style building in Eagle Rock, in north-central Los Angeles County, California. The building was built in 1915 as a Carnegie library, named the Eagle Rock Carnegie Library. The city of Eagle Rock was annexed to Los Angeles in 1923. The library was rebuilt in 1927, and became the Eagle Rock Branch Library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. The library was closed in 1981 when a larger, accessible facility opened. In 1997 the Cultural Affairs Department established The Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center (ERCCC) to provide cultural events to the community. The Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association soon began doing business as Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (CFAER), located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Rockland, one block west of Eagle Rock Boulevard, in the Eagle Rock district of Los Angeles. The building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on 6/18/1985. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic submission in 1987. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides Eagle Rock Branch Library (current building) - Los Angeles Public Library

Location

2224 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
34.14857, -118.21512

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Eagle Rock Branch Library listed on the National Register?

Eagle Rock Branch Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Eagle Rock Branch Library?

Eagle Rock Branch Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Eagle Rock Branch Library?

The period of significance for Eagle Rock Branch Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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