Bernal Heights Library - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 44.336 W 122° 24.972
10S E 551437 N 4177009
The Bernal Heights library was a WPA project.
Waymark Code: WMD1ZF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2011
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From the library's website: "A “library deposit station” was established in 1920 at 303 Cortland Avenue. As the neighborhood and library grew, it was moved, in 1936, to 324 Cortland. When that proved inadequate the neighbors lobbied for a new building. The one floor branch library at 500 Cortland, was the 21st in the system and built on the site of the original Bernal School at a cost of $94,600. It was designed by Frederick H. Meyer, one of the most prolific and versatile architects in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, funded by the Work Projects Administration and dedicated on October 21, 1940. (
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