Patterson, Stanislaus County
San Joaquin Valley/North area, Central Valley region
Carnegie Professional Center
355 W. Las Palmas Avenue
Patterson, CA 95363
opened 1921
Patterson Branch Library 1921-1976
currently a private office
grant amount: $3,000
architectural style: Classical Revival (Type C)
architect: DeColmisnil
In 1908 the heirs of pioneer rancher John Patterson established the Patterson
Colony and laid out a town with a plaza encircled by broad tree-lined
streets. Las Palmas Avenue is one of the radials; its palms have been
replaced by Modesto ash. Located just a block from the plaza is the Carnegie
building, Classical Revival with Spanish themes, designated a Patterson
Historical Landmark in 1989 and added to the National Register of Historic
Places in 1990.
Before the arrival of the railroad in 1887, the west side of Stanislaus
County had been a sparsely settled area of large holdings. Patterson's heirs
installed an innovative irrigation system and solicited settlers from the
midwest to their colony where saloons were forbidden. In 1912 Stanislaus
County Library established a branch in Patterson, and applied for Carnegie
funding for both Riverbank and Patterson. Each community received $3000 in
1917, but construction was postponed until after the war; then the
townspeople raised an additional $8000 to complete the library, designed by
architect DeColmisnil and built by Burton Morgan in 1921. In 1976 the County
built a new library and under terms of their donation, the land and building
reverted to the Patterson Land Company . They in turn sold to private
interests and the Carnegie has since served as a real estate office, artists
gallery, and professional offices.
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