Yolo Branch Library
historic place
The Yolo Branch Library in Yolo, California, is a historic place. It opened December 1, 1918. Architect W. H. Weeks designed the building in the Bungalow/Craftsman style. Its construction was funded by a three-thousand-dollar grant from the Carnegie Corporation in 1917. Local residents raised three hundred dollars for the land. The Yolo Branch Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It served the Yolo community for nearly a century. This building reflects a historical example of a Carnegie library and local efforts to provide public access to information.