Antioch, Contra Costa County
San Francisco Bay/Delta/Sacramento area, San Francisco Bay Area region
Faith and Family Church
519 F Street
Antioch, CA 94509
opened 1916
Antioch Branch Library 1916-1967
currently the Faith and Family Church
grant amount: $2,500
architectural style: Classical Revival (Type C)
architect: Francis Reid
The oldest town in Contra Costa County, Antioch is located near the
confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers in an area of now fast
growing Bay Area communities along Highway 4 to Stockton. It was a very
small town when it received its $2500 Carnegie grant, one of the three
smallest California Carnegie grants. The stucco building, at the corner of
Sixth and F streets, is an example of Classical Revival elements applied to a
small public building in a mostly residential area.
Antioch's first reading room dates from 1867. In 1912 a letter from the
Antioch Women's Club spurred a visit by library organizer Harriet Eddy, and
in 1913 a county library was established which then sought a Carnegie grant
for branches in Antioch, Concord, and Walnut Creek. A grant of $7500 was
received for the three. Antioch itself raised $800 for the lot, and later
$329.50 for additional costs, by public subscription. Frances Reid designed
the building. Following its years as a library, the Carnegie has housed the
Senior Citizens Center, City Recreation Department, and Antioch Historical
Center.
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