{"nrhp_refnum":"81000183","name":"Woodland Public Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"250 1st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodland","county":"Yolo County","state":"CA","lat":38.67905417700007,"lon":-121.77362400799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Carnegie-funded public library at 250 First Street in Woodland, Yolo County, California. It is an L-shaped, single-story brick building with a basement, built in 1905 and enlarged in 1915 and 1927.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the library is significant both historically and architecturally. It played a part in developing the county library system in California, serving both city and rural Yolo County residents. It is also a good, representative and largely unaltered example of Mission Revival design that still serves its original use.","narrative":"Woodland's Carnegie library is an L-shaped brick building with a basement, set in a park-like landscape of palms and ornamental trees near the Yolo County Courthouse. The original unit opened in 1905 with a $10,000 Carnegie grant, and San Francisco architects Dodge and Dolliver gave it Mission Revival styling, including arched windows, tile skirt roofs, a curved parapet with trefoil decoration and a shallow dome over a classical rotunda. A west wing by William H. Weeks followed in 1915, funded by a second Carnegie grant, and a north wing by C.A. Walton was added in 1927 with city money. The building matters for its role in the growth of California's county library system, since the west wing housed the Yolo County Free Library, which brought books to rural families. It is also valued as one of the few Mission Revival public buildings that remain largely unaltered and in their original use.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Dodge & Dolliver (George A. Dodge and John Walter Dolliver); Wm. H. Weeks; C.A. Walton","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition; still used as a library. The form notes few alterations since 1927, and a report concluding the unreinforced masonry would not withstand a major earthquake.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.512664-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/81000183.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000183/56ff19fb4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000183/56ff19fb4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Epolk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodland_Public_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epolk</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodland_Public_Library.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000471","name":"Downtown Woodland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/downtown-woodland-historic-district-99000471/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862416","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_Public_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/yolo-county/woodland-public-library-81000183/"}