Chapman Branch Library | |
Location | 577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Coordinates | 40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1918 |
Built by | Ashton Improvement Co. |
Architect | Don Carlos Young, Jr. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80003918 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 20, 1980 |
The Chapman Branch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, is a Carnegie library that was funded by a $25,000 Carnegie Foundation grant and was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system. [2]
It is an L-shaped building designed in Classical Revival architecture by architect Don Carlos Young, Jr., who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings. At the time of its dedication, a Deseret News account declared it "'the beginning of the greatest social, intellectual and civic development the west side of the city has yet known.'!". [2]: 5
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Chapman Branch Library | |
Location | 577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah |
---|---|
Coordinates | 40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1918 |
Built by | Ashton Improvement Co. |
Architect | Don Carlos Young, Jr. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80003918 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 20, 1980 |
The Chapman Branch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, is a Carnegie library that was funded by a $25,000 Carnegie Foundation grant and was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system. [2]
It is an L-shaped building designed in Classical Revival architecture by architect Don Carlos Young, Jr., who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings. At the time of its dedication, a Deseret News account declared it "'the beginning of the greatest social, intellectual and civic development the west side of the city has yet known.'!". [2]: 5
Media related to Chapman Branch Library at Wikimedia Commons