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{{Short description|Historic library building in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Chapman Branch Library
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Chapman Branch Library SLC.jpeg
| caption      =
| location     = 577 S. 900 West, [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|40|45|24|N|111|54|58|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Utah#USA
| built        = 1918
| architect    = [[Don Carlos Young, Jr.]]
| builder      = Ashton Improvement Co.
| architecture = [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]]
| added        = January 20, 1980
| area         = less than one acre
| refnum       = 80003918<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}

The '''Chapman Branch Library''' in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States, is a [[Carnegie library]] that was funded by a $25,000 [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Foundation]] grant and was built in 1918. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name=nris/>

==Description==
The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80003918}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chapman Branch Library |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=80003918|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}}</ref>

It is an L-shaped building designed in [[Classical Revival architecture]] by architect [[Don Carlos Young, Jr.]], who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings.  At the time of its dedication, a [[Deseret News]] account declared it "'the beginning of the greatest social, intellectual and civic development the west side of the city has yet known.'!".<ref name=nrhpdoc/>{{rp|5}}

==See also==
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* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Chapman Branch Library}}


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[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1918]]
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[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City]]