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The Williamson and Garrett building, which was at 1547 Pacific Avenue. This two-story brick Italianate building was constructed in 1899 for the Williamson and Garrett grocery firm. The Santa Cruz Library was housed on the second floor from 1900 until…
The Santa Cruz Lumber Company office being moved by truck in downtown Boulder Creek. The office was donated to serve as a public library building. It was converted to a library by volunteers and opened to the public in January 1951.
Dr. C. L. Anderson, first chairman of the Santa Cruz Library Association and first president of the Library Board of Trustees, both established in 1868. Dr. Anderson was born in Virginia in 1827, arrived in Santa Cruz in 1867, and died in 1910.
The Boulder Creek Public Library. The building was the former office of the Santa Cruz Lumber Company. In 1950, the company offered the building to the Fire Department, who had been housing the library. The building was moved next to the Fire House…
Unidentified event in the Boulder Creek Public Library. (The Open House held on January 20th, 1951 to celebrate the opening of the branch?) The building was donated by the Santa Cruz Lumber Company and was converted to a library by volunteers. The…
The 'Yes on B -- Library Bonds' contingent of the 1964 Memorial Day parade. The $1.4 million bond issue was to fund construction of the Eastside branch and a new main library building to replace the Carnegie library which opened in Santa Cruz in…
Yes on B -- Library Bonds' display in front of the ivy-covered Santa Cruz Carnegie library. The bonds were to fund construction of a replacement building, as the Carnegie library did not have sufficient storage or shelving. The bond measure failed in…
View of the hall downstairs in the Carnegie Library, showing the crowded conditions. The Carnegie, or Main, Library was opened in 1904 and was demolished in 1966 to make way for a new, larger library.
The opening day party at the Branciforte Branch Library. The branch was built to replace the Eastside Library, which had opened in 1921.
Inside the Branciforte Library on opening day, October 8, 1967. The branch was constructed by the firm of Henderson and Henderson, which submitted the low bid of $142,990.