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Potrero Branch Library was the 22nd branch established
in the San Francisco Public Library system and has a
history that dates back to the 1890s. One of the earliest
branch locations was at 1126 Kentucky Street. That facility
was closed in 1902 and replaced by a “library station.” In
1909-1910 the station was located at 19th Street and Kentucky.
In September 1918, the station was moved to a room in the old
Daniel Webster School. In 1919 the station location was on
Connecticut Street near 20th Street, and later that year it
was moved to 448 Connecticut Street. The present-day branch
building, which was opened to the public on June 25, 1951, was
designed by the architectural firm of Pollack & Pope. The cost
of the building was $97,168 and of the land, $3,260.
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