All LA County Library locations will be closed on Thursday, December 25 and Thursday, January 1 in observance of Christmas and New Year's Day. Our Digital Library is open 24/7.
Calling all teens! Learn how the library can help you have an amazing school year. For teens ages 12 - 18
Learn about how to have a voice in the library programs we offer you by joining our new Teen Advisory Board. Discover new databases and recourses in our digital library--from free music downloads with Freegal to on-line tutoring with Brainfuse, we have you covered.
We will have a variety of snacks options including pizza and veggies to combat your after school hunger. Parents and guardians: please be aware that refreshments will be served at this program. A list of ingredients will be available.
La Crescenta Library first opened in November 1914 as the 78th branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library. The collection was first housed in a local church building, and subsequently moved several times; once into a school house, later into a local store front, and into the Sears building in 1926.
By 1932, the library had settled into a building at 3930 La Crescenta Avenue. As the population of La Crescenta grew, so to did the demand for a new building. The library found an appropriate site on the corner of Foothill Blvd and La Crescenta Ave, and opened in March of 1963.
By 2005 the population had once again outgrown the library's space, so the La Crescenta community sought a new building. Thanks to funding from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, and Congressman David Dreier, the County of Los Angeles was able to construct an updated facility in its current location.
The building broke ground in 2007, and reopened in January 2010. The new 14,000 square foot facility, built in the style of the arts and crafts movement, features modern technology and meeting space open to the public.
