Orosi Branch Library

Address:
12646 Avenue 416
Orosi, CA 93647-2018
Phone : (559) 591-5830

Public Hours:

All branches of the Tulare County Library will open at 2:00 on September 10th due to morning staff meetings.

Wednesday :	9 am - 1 pm, 2 pm - 6 pm
Thursday :	9 am - 1 pm, 2 pm - 6 pm
Friday :	9 am -1 pm, 2 pm - 6 pm

Internet:
4 public internet stations.

History of the Orosi Branch Library

The Orosi Library was established in March 1911 in Ryan's Cyclery with C.A. Ryan as custodian. It offered the usual 50 books of a State deposit station and chairs and tables were arranged in one corner of the shop for a reading room.

In December, 1912 it was moved to the John Klika home with Myrtle Clotfelter as custodian (she retired in 1947). It was officially established as a Tulare County Library Branch under County Library Law, in July, 1913.

Early library in the home of John & Hattie Klika - 1913

In 1917, the County obtained a $3000 Carnegie grant to build a $5,000 Carnegie library in Orosi. The Woman's Improvement Club of Orosi raised $2000, purchased lots and arranged for lumber and labor to be donated for sidewalks. Construction was delayed until after the war (World War I).

The library was the last Carnegie library to be completed in California and is only one of three of the Craftsman style remaining. It has 2 fireplaces and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is the only Carnegie library still in use as a library in Tulare County.

The city of Cutler had a small branch which moved from place to place, including stores. In 1978, it joined with the Orosi Branch and it then became the Orosi/Cutler Branch of the Tulare County Library System.

Come in and visit this charming old library, keeping in mind that someday, a modern, larger library would be nice in this area.