The Old Main Library
- Architect
- George W. Kelham
- Year
- 1917
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- San Francisco, CA
The Old Main Library in San Francisco's Civic Center was completed in 1917, designed by George W. Kelham in the Italian Renaissance style. It's one of the notable facades within the Civic Center's cluster of early-20th-century civic buildings.
the style
The Italian Renaissance style gives the library its formal, classical civic language, in keeping with the monumental public buildings that surround it in the Civic Center.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
George W. Kelham was a notable Civic Center architect; the Old Main Library, completed in 1917, is one of his contributions to the district.
nearby
- San Francisco Public Library
- Federal Office Building
- Orpheum Building
- San Francisco City Hall
- San Francisco Proper Hotel
- San Francisco Federal Building