Sunset Branch Library

Sunset Branch opened on March 25, 1918 and was the eighth branch in the San Francisco Public Library system. It cost $43,955 and was designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh as a two story structure, Italianate in design, built of concrete frame and reinforced masonry; SFPL's own history calls it a Carnegie building. SF Planning records the style as Italian Renaissance; the library's own history calls the building Italianate. It closed in 1992 for seismic retrofitting and to add a ramp and an elevator. In September of 2005 it became the third branch to be renovated under the Branch Library Improvement Program, and the branch reopened in March 2007.