Oakland Public Library, Temescal Branch (Oakland, California) | Tudor (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

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5205 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 597-5049
www.oaklandlibrary.org/Branches/tem.htm

Formerly the Alden Branch, the library was renamed the Temescal Branch. Built in 1918 from a grant to the city of Oakland from the Carnegie foundation in 1914. This branch was constructed in the Tudor Revival style; one of only two built in California (the other, in L.A. no longer exists.)

The neighborhood name Alden came from Solomon Alden, a farmer who settled on 600 acres in this upper Telegraph Avenue area in 1855. The name Temescal, which replaced Alden in popular usage by the end of the century, came from Temescal Creek which runs through the area. Temescal was the Ohlone Indian word for the sweathouses along its banks.

Items list and hours for the Temescal Tool Lending Library located in the back of the library proper (the only tool lending library in Oakland and one of the few in the country): www.oaklandlibrary.org/Branches/tll_toolsched.html

National Register of Historic Places # 96000105
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Coordinates:   37°50'17"N   122°15'45"W

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  • they have a great tool lending library too, with really nice people.
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