{"nrhp_refnum":"90001818","name":"Lompoc Public Library","other_names":["Lompoc Museum","Old Carnegie Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 S. H St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lompoc","county":"Santa Barbara County","state":"CA","lat":34.63703082300003,"lon":-120.45762127799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Carnegie library on a raised basement at 200 S. H Street, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, completed in 1911 to designs by W.H. Weeks. It now houses the Lompoc Museum.","why_significant":"The building is a well-preserved example of Classical Revival architecture in the Greek temple mode, with a pedimented portico and paired columns. It also reflects the town's social history: women's clubs helped secure a $10,000 Carnegie grant, and the building served as the public library until 1969 before becoming a museum.","narrative":"Lompoc's former Carnegie library is a brick building of one story over a raised basement at 200 S. H Street, finished in 1911 and designed by W.H. Weeks. Its apricot-colored brick is set off by cream trim, and a pedimented portico with tall paired fluted columns gives it the look of a Greek temple. Egg-and-dart detailing runs beneath the cornice. The library was funded by a $10,000 Carnegie grant offered in 1909, after the town board and local women's clubs pursued the money. Local contractor A.D. Burke built it, and it opened to the public on August 14, 1911. Designed for 8,000 volumes, it became crowded as the area grew, particularly after Vandenberg Air Force Base arrived. A new library opened in 1969, and the old building became a museum for the Clarence Ruth archaeological and ethnographic collection. Changes have been few, and the building keeps its original style, scale and craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1911-1921","architect_builder":"Weeks, William H.","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now in use as the Lompoc Museum, with only minor alterations such as interior rearrangement for displays and new aluminum entrance doors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.727849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001818.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001818/febe0c61fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001818/febe0c61fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"WalkThisWay1962","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lompoc_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WalkThisWay1962</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:Lompoc_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857794","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133522298"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-barbara-county/lompoc-public-library-90001818/"}