Lodi, San Joaquin County
San Joaquin Valley/North area, Central Valley region
Carnegie Forum/City Council Chambers
305 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
opened 1910
Lodi Carnegie Library 1910-1979
currently a city council building
grant amount: $9,000
architectural style: Classical Revival (Type B)
architect: Walter King
The temple style Classical Revival Lodi Carnegie is notable for the
incorporation of brick in the formed columns, triangular area within the
pediment, and finely detailed trim. The building has been doubled in size by
an addition to the rear, and was recently completely renovated. Located on
West Pine Street between North Lee and North Church streets and now known
as the Carnegie Forum, the building is an integral part of the civic center,
connected by walkways, an avenue of lamps, and fountain to the adjacent City
Hall and municipal court buildings.
Lodi's first library, an 1885 subscription library, was destroyed by fire in
1887. The Lodi Library Association was formed in 1902 and became a free
public library in 1904, its collection supplemented by the State Library
traveling book program. An application for Carnegie funding brought $900 in
1907. A bequest helped meet the purchase of a lot. Architect Walter King
designed the building. The building, enlarged in 1928, was outgrown again by
the 1950's. When a new library was completed in 1979 the old Carnegie began
its new civic role as "Carnegie Forum" and as City Council Chambers.
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