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Santa Barbara Earthquake of June 29, 1925 Santa Barbara Library Building Opened
in August 1917. Cost $101,000, of which $50,000 came from the Carnegie
Corporation and the remainder from the City of Santa Barbara. Francis Wilson,
architect and Henry Hornbostel, consulting architect. The
tremor caused $50,000 loss. Only slight damage was done to the facade, and the
entrance feature, designed by Carleton M. Winslow, and executed by Marshall
Laird in 1924, was not injured. Picture shows the west wall.
