{"nrhp_refnum":"06001238","name":"Saratoga Village Library","other_names":["Book-Go-Round"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14410 Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.25748766600003,"lon":-122.03127391399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-01-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Spanish Revival library building at 14410 Oak Street in Saratoga Village, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, built in 1927 with $12,000 raised by public subscription. It was the city's first library.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A in Social History at the local level. The library served as Saratoga's only library for 51 years and was a center of education and social interaction. It was funded entirely by local contributions, driven largely by women's study club efforts, and it is a good example of a prototypical small-town library.","narrative":"Built in 1927 at 14410 Oak Street, this one-story Spanish Revival building was Saratoga's first library. Local residents paid for it through a public subscription of $12,000, led by a citizens' committee under Sheldon Patterson and encouraged by the Saratoga Foothill Study Club, a women's group that had pushed for a library since 1909. Architect Eldridge T. Spencer designed it with concrete block walls over a wood frame, a red terra cotta tile roof, and windows placed above the bookshelves to give diffused reading light. Inside, one large room was divided into sections for adults, staff and children. The library served as the community's only library for 51 years, hosting story times, reading clubs, film nights and other gatherings. After a new library opened in 1978, the building remained a branch for five years and now houses the Book-Go-Round, a volunteer-run used book shop. It was listed for its role in Saratoga's civic and social life.","period_of_significance":"1927-1955","architect_builder":"Spencer, Eldridge T. \"Ted\"","architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th Century Revival - Spanish Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a library-related facility; since the 1978 opening of a new library it has operated as the Book-Go-Round recycled book venue run by volunteers. The form describes it as well preserved and regularly used, with high integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.710387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06001238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001238/7bff6e80c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001238/7bff6e80c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"EugeneZelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Saratoga-Village_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EugeneZelenko</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Saratoga-Village_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861788","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_Village_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088432"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/saratoga-village-library-06001238/"}