Built 1929 LAHCM # 452 Opened 1929 Phone +1 213-384-7676 | NRHP Reference # 87001008 Designated LAHCM 1989-10-17 Area 1,619 m² Added to NRHP 19 May 1987 | |
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Location 2820 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, California MPS Los Angeles Branch Library System TR Address 2820 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA Hours Open today · 9:30AM–5:30PMFriday9:30AM–5:30PMSaturday9:30AM–5:30PMSundayClosedMonday10AM–8PMTuesday12–8PMWednesday10AM–8PMThursday12–8PM Architectural styles Neoclassical architecture, Mediterranean Revival architecture Similar Baldwin Hills Branch Li, Richard Henry Dana Bra, Angeles Mesa Branch Li, Jefferson Branch Library - L, Cahuenga Branch | ||
Felipe de Neve Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in Lafayette Park in Westlake, Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1929 based on a Mediterranean Revival-Classical Revival design by architect Austin Whittlesey. The branch was named after Felipe de Neve, the Spanish governor of California who oversaw the founding of Los Angeles. The branch was opened on Felipe de Neve Day in 1929, celebrating the 148th anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles.
The Felipe de Neve Branch was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in January 1984. In 1987, the De Neve 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 the branch libraries had been constructed in a variety of period revival styles to house the initial branch library system of the City of Los Angeles. With respect to the De Neve Branch, the application described the building as a one-story Mediterranean style brick building with a red tile roof. The street elevation is elaborately decorated with symmetrically arranged groupings of windows and black and white tile decorations in the shape of diamonds and crosses. The seal of the city made of mosaic tile is above the front doors. A horsehoe-shaped cast stone border of a floral design surrounds the top of the seal and doors.