Oakland Public Library
The Oakland Public Library is the public library in Oakland, California. Opened in 1878, the Oakland Public Library currently serves the city of Oakland, along with neighboring smaller cities Emeryville and Piedmont.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: public library system in California, USA
- Also known as: “Main Branch Oakland Public Library”
- Address: 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include René C. Davidson Courthouse and Camron-Stanford House.
René C. Davidson Courthouse
Courthouse
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The René C. Davidson Courthouse is the main courthouse, part of the Alameda County Superior Court system. The art deco style courthouse was completed in 1934 and is located in the county seat of Oakland, California, USA. It is adjacent to Lake Merritt. René C. Davidson Courthouse is situated 460 feet southeast of Oakland Public Library.
Camron-Stanford House
Museum
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The Camron-Stanford House is the last of the 19th-century Victorian mansions that once surrounded Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. It was the home to a series of influential families, and in 1907, became the city's first museum. Camron-Stanford House is situated 470 feet east of Oakland Public Library.
Oakland Hotel
Historic building
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The Oakland Hotel is a historic building in Oakland, California. It was built as a luxury hotel by P.J. Walker in 1912, with investments from businessmen Francis Marion Smith, Edson Adams and W.W. Oakland Hotel is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Oakland Public Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic Center and Lakeside Apartments District.
Civic Center
Neighborhood
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Oakland's Civic Center neighborhood is a residential and public building district on the east side of Oakland's Central Business District. Its borders are roughly Downtown and Harrison Street to the west, the East Lake Neighborhood and Lakeshore Avenue to the east, the Lakeside Apartments District and 14th Street to the North, and Chinatown and 11th Street to the South.
Lakeside Apartments District
Neighborhood
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The Lakeside Apartments District neighborhood, also known as The Gold Coast, and simply as The Lakeside, is one of Oakland's historic residential neighborhoods between the Downtown district and Lake Merritt.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Daniel Olsen, CC BY 2.5.
The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is traditionally Chinese which reflects Oakland's diverse Chinese American, and more broadly Asian American community.
Oakland Public Library
- Categories: library network, public library, building, and education
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.80097° or 37° 48′ 4″ northLongitude
-122.2637° or 122° 15′ 49″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Levels
3Open location code
849VRP2P+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 28376124OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Oakland Public Library” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Oakland Public Library”
- Chinese: “奧克蘭公立圖書館”
- Chinese: “屋仑公立图书馆”
- Chinese: “屋崙公立圖書館”
- Finnish: “Oakland Public Library”
- French: “Oakland Public Library”
- German: “Oakland Public Library”
- Japanese: “オークランド公共図書館”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Publica de Oakland”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Pública de Oakland”
- Spanish: “Oakland Public Library”
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