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Library and Courts I collection.
MANUSCRIPT2925-2926
Collection Overview

Title:

Library and Courts I collection
LCI

Creator/Contributor:

Percy, Nancy.

Creator/Contributor:

Regnery, Dorothy F.

Creator/Contributor:

Strong, Gary E.

Abstract:

Photographs, drawings, and documents relating to the California State Library and Courts Building I, along with the Capitol Extension Group, and some material on the State Capitol itself. Much of it relates to the 1980's National Register of Historic Places nominations.

Date:

19uu (issued)

Contents:

Box 2925: diagrams & photos; Box 2926: documents, articles, brochures & correspondence.

Subject:

n-us-ca
Sanford, Edward field, 1886-
California State Library.
California State Capitol (Sacramento, Calif.)
Weeks & Day.
Gladding, McBean and Company.
Architecture -- California -- Sacramento -- History

Note:

Sacramento's State Library and Courts Building #1 forms half of the "Capitol Extension Group"along with the almost identical-looking Office Building #1 it faces across Capitol Mall . This project began in 1913 to keep state offices from migrating to San Francisco. The architectural firm of Weeks and Day won the contract to design the buildings which, after much delay and litigation, were finally completed in 1927. This group won nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 2009, the Library and Courts Building was emptied of its books and staff in preparation for a long-needed retrofit and restoration.
LCI.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
2 manuscript boxes; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 1/4 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.