- City:
- Torrance, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Walker & Eisen
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped build the Post Library in Torrance, CA in 1936. The federal government contributed $12,691 to the Post Library project. It served as the City of Torrance’s central library from 1936 to 1978. The Post Library closed its doors after the new Katie Geissert Civic Center Library was built. The Post Library has been home to the Torrance Historical Society and Museum since 1979.
Source notes
About Us. Torrance Public Library. https://www.library.torranceca.gov/i-want-to/about-us. Accessed January 12, 2024.
About us. Torrance Historical Society. https://www.torrancehistoricalsociety.org/aboutus/. Accessed January 12, 2024.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_11431003?source=rss (Broken Link)
"Let's Look at the Record - What Your Present Congressman Charles J. Colden and the Roosevelt Administration Have Done for the 17th Congressional District in Expenditure of Federal Money." Wilmington Daily Press Journal, 24 Aug. 1936, Page 3.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $12,691 |
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Andrew Laverdiere
Torrance Public Library Designers: Walker and Eisen, Architects (firm); Percy Augustus Eisen (architect); Albert Raymond Walker (architect)