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County Collection
La Crescenta Library
Date:
2010
Region:
Santa Clarita/Antelope Valley
District:
Fifth
Location:
La Crescenta Library
2809 Foothill Boulevard
La Crescenta, CA 91214
Architect:
Carde Ten Architects
Department:
Public Library
Project Description
The new La Crescenta Library, resembling the early 20th Century Arts and Crafts style of architecture, features high ceilings, comfortable furniture and light-flooded readings areas for children and adults. The building was dedicated on January 29, 2010.
Artist Geri Jimenez Gould, a former Crescenta Valley resident now residing in Fallbrook, CA, designed and sculpted a bronze floor medallion for the first floor atrium. The medallion, commissioned by the Friends of La Crescenta Library, features key historical figures of the region. These figures include: Don Jose Verdugo, a Spanish soldier and bodyguard to Friar Junipero Serra, who was granted the first Spanish Land Grant in the area and was assigned to the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel; Toypurina, a young Gabrieleno/Tongva Warrior Chief who led the revolt against the Spaniards in 1785; and Dr. Benjamin Briggs, a physician who coined the name La Crescenta Valley, after the three crescent shaped peaks he saw out his window. Gould worked closely with the local historical society to accurately depict La Crescenta's rich history.
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