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Structure Type: built works - social and civic buildings - libraries
Designers: Clark, O.L., Architect (firm); Orville Lee Clark (architect)
Dates: constructed 1915
1 story, total floor area: 4,242 sq. ft.
The City of Bakersfield contracted with architect O.L. Clark to design this 4,242-square-foot, Beaux-Arts Classical Revival library, notable for its projecting portico with paired Corinthian columns. In form, it followed typical symmetrical floor plans used by contemporary Carnegie-financed libraries.
The Baker Branch Library was retrofitted in the 1980s, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
PCAD id: 17173
