AKA: San Jose Public Library, East San Jose Branch, San Jose, CA

Structure Type: built works - social and civic buildings - libraries

Designers: Lenzen, Jacob and Son, Architects (firm); Jacob Lenzen Jr. (building contractor)

Dates: constructed 1907-1908

1102 East Santa Clara Street
East San Jose, San Jose, CA 95116-2246

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Corner of East Santa Clara Street and Twenty-third Streets;

The East San Jose Branch Library, was financed, in part, with a $7,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; opening in 1908, the library was in operation in 2005, the oldest facility in the San Jose system; in 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places;

The East San Jose Branch Library was threatened with demolition in 1974, but neighborhood groups gathered public support for its continued use;

PCAD id: 4504