The Orosi Branch Library, also known as the Orosi/Cutler Branch Library, is a Carnegie library located at 12662 Ave. 416 in Orosi,

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. The library was built in 1921 with a $3000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; while the foundation had issued the grant in 1917, construction was held up for four years by

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. The wood frame library is a

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, a plain style following James Bertram's suggestions for Carnegie Library design; it is one of the few wood-frame Carnegie libraries constructed. The library is still in use; it is one of two remaining Carnegie libraries in Tulare County, along with the Exeter Public Library. The Orosi Branch Library was added to the

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on August 25, 1983.

References

External links

Library website
* Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in California Library buildings completed in 1921 Bungalow architecture in California Libraries in Tulare County, California Carnegie libraries in California National Register of Historic Places in Tulare County, California {{TulareCountyCA-NRHP-stub