Built 1930 NRHP Reference # 87001015 Opened 1930 Architect John C. Austin | Architectural style Gothic Revival LAHCM # 81 Phone +1 323-938-2732 | |
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Location 4645 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California MPS Los Angeles Branch Library System TR Address 4625 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019, USA Hours Open today · 9:30AM–5:30PMSaturday9:30AM–5:30PMSundayClosedMonday10AM–8PMTuesday12–8PMWednesday10AM–8PMThursday12–8PMFriday9:30AM–5:30PM Similar Richard Henry Dana Bra, Jefferson Branch Library - L, Cahuenga Branch, John Muir Branch Library - L, Angeles Mesa Branch Li | ||
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Memorial Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a Gothic Revival design by architect John C. Austin, also noted as the lead architect of the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. The library includes a large heraldic work of stained glass created by the artists at Judson Studios.
In 1987, the Memorial 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. In the movie, Bedtime Stories, starring Adam Sandler, this library serves as the children's elementary school.
The Library underwent a major restoration in the mid-1990s, reopening in 1996. The library relocated to office space near John Burroughs Middle School in the interim.