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| name = Chapman Branch Library
| name = Chapman Branch Library
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| image = Chapman Branch Library SLC.jpeg
| image = Chapman Branch Library SLC.jpeg
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| location= 577 S. 900 West, [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
| location = 577 S. 900 West, [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
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| built = 1918
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| architect = [[Don Carlos Young, Jr.]]
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| builder = Ashton Improvement Co.
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| architecture = [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]]
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| added = January 20, 1980
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| area = less than one acre
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| built = 1918
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| architect = [[Don Carlos Young, Jr.]]
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| builder = Ashton Improvement Co.
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| architecture = [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]]
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| added = January 20, 1980
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| area = less than one acre
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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.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/80003918.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Photos/80003918.pdf accompanying photos]</ref>
The '''Chapman Branch Library''' in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States, is a [[Carnegie library]] that was funded by a $25,000 [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Foundation]] grant and was built in 1918. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name=nris/>

==Description==
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The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80003918}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=80003918|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}}</ref>


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.'!".<ref name=nrhpdoc/>{{rp|5}}
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.'!".<ref name=nrhpdoc/>{{rp|5}}


==See also==
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It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name=nris/>
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* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{commons category-inline|Chapman Branch Library}}



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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1918]]
[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1918]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Salt Lake County, Utah]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Utah]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Utah]]
[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah]]
[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City]]

Latest revision as of 20:42, 26 April 2021

Chapman Branch Library
Chapman Branch Library is located in Utah
Chapman Branch Library
Chapman Branch Library is located in the United States
Chapman Branch Library
Location577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W / 40.75667°N 111.91611°W / 40.75667; -111.91611
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Built byAshton Improvement Co.
ArchitectDon Carlos Young, Jr.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.80003918[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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]

Description

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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 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
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