Chapman Branch Library


Chapman Branch Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates	40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W / 40.75667; -111.91611Coordinates: 40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W / 40.75667; -111.91611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918
Built by	Ashton Improvement Co.
Architect	Don Carlos Young, Jr.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	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 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

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photos

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