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The Alafaya branch has also been known as the Azalea Park branch (1965–1972), the Eastland branch (1972–1986), and the East Orange branch (1986–2000). The current branch location opened its doors on February 1, 2000. [13] The Chickasaw branch opened on July 18, 2015, in east Orange County. The Eatonville Branch opened in January 2005.
Construction began on the 9,034-square-foot Main Street Branch Library in 1949, in what was known as the International Style, and more recently called Mid Century Modern. [2] The library opened in 1951, and the town's original Carnegie Library (1914-1951) at 8th and Walnut streets was closed and demolished. [3]
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Oak View Branch Library is the newest branch library, having opened in 1995 on 17251 Oak Lane. Oak View is named for the adjacent Oak View elementary school and has a popular homework club program. The branch serves a largely Hispanic area of the city and offers a sizable Spanish language collection. The library is 4,300 square feet (400 m 2 ...
A branch of the Orange County Public Library is also located on the campus of Ladera Ranch School. Within the community are the Chaparral and Oso Grande Elementary Schools and the Ladera Ranch School, which is home to both an elementary school and a middle school on the same campus.
The Aliso Viejo Library, a branch of the Orange County Public Library system, opened on January 31, 1998 [42] and was closed for tenant improvements on April 15, 2024. [ 43 ] Aliso Viejo Golf Course was designed by Nicklaus Design in 1999 and became the Aliso Viejo Country Club with a redesign in 2005.
By 1945, the library had 12,269 books and a circulation of 33,214. Despite the library's additions, it remained a somewhat exclusive group of patrons, which many residents chose not to join. Furthermore, the library historically only served white townspeople. A separate library was founded in the black residential community in mid-1937.
The Katie Wheeler Library. The original structure of the Katie Wheeler Library was constructed in 1876. It was originally a ranch house that would eventually come into control by James Irvine II. Irvine would double the size of the building. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Irvine would relocate his entire family to this spot. [3]