William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles

Name: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Address: Los Angeles, United States

#705 among attractions in Los Angeles

Library, Beaux-Arts architecture

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The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, an affiliated library of the University of California, Los Angeles, holds rare books and manuscripts with particular strengths in English literature and history, Oscar Wilde and the fin de siècle, and fine press printing. It is located about ten miles southeast from UCLA, in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, and two miles west of the University of Southern California. It is administered by UCLA's Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, which offers several long- and short-term fellowships for graduate and postdoctoral scholars to use the Library's collections. However, any reader with an interest in the collection is welcome to study. ()

Coordinates: 34°1'59"N, 118°18'51"W

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South Los Angeles (Jefferson Park)Los Angeles United States

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William Andrews Clark Memorial Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Saint Sophia Cathedral, St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church.

0.5 miE
Church
First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
13 min walk • The First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles is a megachurch in Los Angeles, California, United States, part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is the oldest church founded by African Americans in Los Angeles, dating to 1872. It has more than 19,000 members.
1.3 miSW
Church
West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles
34 min walk • West Angeles Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal megachurch and a member of the Church of God in Christ denomination. Its main place of worship, the West Angeles Cathedral, is located in the West Adams Historic District of Los Angeles, California.
1.2 miNE
Church
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles
31 min walk • Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox church built in 1952, in what was then the Greek section of Central Los Angeles, California.
1.3 miNE
Church
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Los Angeles
34 min walk • St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church and parish in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region. The church is located at 2727 W. Pico Boulevard in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter of Los Angeles, California. The Mission Revival style church was built in 1904.
1.1 miNE
Cemetery
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles
29 min walk • Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery in Los Angeles at 1831 West Washington Boulevard in the Pico-Union district, southwest of Downtown.
1.1 miNW
Music venue
Jabberjaw, Los Angeles
28 min walk • Jabberjaw was a coffeehouse and music venue in Los Angeles, California known for its all-ages underground rock music shows. Located in Arlington Heights at 3711 Pico Blvd, it was established in 1989 by Gary Dent and Michelle Carr and closed in 1997.
0.5 miNW
Library, Romanesque revival architecture
Washington Irving Branch, Los Angeles
14 min walk • Washington Irving Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library, located west of downtown Los Angeles at 4117 West Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles. The original building housing the branch is listed on the National Register of Historic Places but has been vacant and fenced for several years.
0.9 miW
Church
McCarty Memorial Christian Church, Los Angeles
23 min walk • McCarty Memorial Christian Church is a Gothic Revival church of the Christian Church located at 4101 West Adams Boulevard in the historic West Adams district of Los Angeles, California.
0.6 miN
Temple
Hazy Moon Zen Center, Los Angeles
16 min walk • The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California.
0.9 miNE
Neighbourhood
Harvard Heights, Los Angeles
24 min walk • Harvard Heights is a densely populated, mixed-income neighborhood of 20,000+ people in Central Los Angeles, California. Within it lies a municipally designated historic overlay zone designed to protect its architecturally significant single-family residences, including the only remaining Greene and Greene house in Los Angeles.
1.2 miSE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Senshin Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles
31 min walk • The Senshin Buddhist Temple is a Buddhist temple in Los Angeles, California. An affiliate of the Buddhist Churches of America, the temple was built in 1951. It is known for its maintenance of traditional practices and for cultivating one of the earliest taiko groups appearing in the United States under the leadership of Masao Kodani.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to William Andrews Clark Memorial Library?

Nearby attractions include Eugene W. Britt House, Los Angeles (3 min walk), Ramsay-Durfee Estate, Los Angeles (8 min walk), Jefferson Park, Los Angeles (12 min walk), Frederick Hastings Rindge House, Los Angeles (13 min walk).

How to get to William Andrews Clark Memorial Library by public transport?

The nearest stations to William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:

Bus

Adams & Cimarron • Lines: Midtown (2 min walk)
Western & Adams • Lines: Midtown (8 min walk)

Light rail

Expo/Western • Lines: E (28 min walk)