National Register of Historic Places
Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California
The record
- Listed
- April 16, 2013
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 525 Main St., Huntington Beach
- County
- Orange
- State
- California
- Contributing resources
- 1 building, 1 site
- Coordinates
- 33.66199, -117.99912
- Reference number
- 13000157
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The story
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The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is a library building at 525 Main St. in Huntington Beach, Orange County, built in 1950-1951 in the International Style. It was listed in the National Register in 2013, on a 1.11-acre site within Triangle Park, which was established in 1912.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in community planning and development, and in architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1912, when Triangle Park was established, to 1950-1951, when the library was built.
Physical character
The library's walls are site-cast concrete tilt-up panels, with steel-reinforced concrete floor slabs, roof beams and columns. Battered concrete columns and roof beams support a three-hinged triangular arch under a low-pitched roof with wide overhanging eaves, and green marble veneer marks the main entrance.
Historical context
Triangle Park was established in 1912 and by 1922 had become part of Huntington Beach's Civic Center, with City Hall built next to it in 1922-1923 and Memorial Hall in 1923. The park also served as a tent city, a putting green and a horseshoe court before the library was added in 1950-1951.