Golden Gate Valley Carnegie Library
1801 Green Street
Built 1918

Noted architect Ernest Coxhead designed this Italian Renaissance building which resembles a Roman basilica with its long narrow rectangle and curved apse visible on three sides. It is situated in a residential area in the Marina District.

This is the fourth of the seven Carnegie Branch Libraries built in San Francisco. All seven buildings continue to operate as libraries (see map).

Some Carnegie Free Libraries in California:

• Alameda
• Colusa
• Eureka
• Ferndale
• Gilroy
• Grass Valley
• Hanford
• Healdsburg
• Hollister
• Lincoln
• Nevada City
• Oakland - 23rd Avenue Branch
• Oakland - Alden Branch
• Oakland - Golden Gate Branch
• Oakland - Melrose Branch
• Oroville
• Patterson
• Petaluma
• Riverbank
• Sacramento
• San Francisco Chinatown Branch
• San Francisco Golden Gate Valley Branch
• San Francisco Mission Branch
• San Francisco Noe Valley Branch
• San Francisco Presidio Branch
• San Francisco Richmond Branch
• San Francisco Sunset Branch
• Santa Cruz (Garfield Park Branch)
• South San Francisco
• St. Helena
• Sonoma
• Turlock
• Willits
• Willows
• Woodland
• Yolo
• Yreka

Some other Carnegie Free Libraries in the West:

• Beaver, Utah
• Medford, Oregon

The website Carnegie Libraries of California contains much information about these libraries.