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Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch

A 1916 Carnegie library with a Spanish-style brick facade, named for the neighbor whose advocacy saved it from closure.

📖 About Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch

The Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch was the seventh library established in the San Francisco Public Library system, built with an Andrew Carnegie grant and completed on September 17, 1916 at a cost of $45,499 including furnishings. Architect John Reid, Jr. designed the two-story building with a distinctive Spanish-style facade of brick and terra cotta. Twice threatened with closure in the 1980s, the branch was rescued through the tireless efforts of Sally Brunn, a longtime Noe Valley resident and lifelong library advocate who led the campaign to keep it open and raise money for improvements; after her death in 1991, the library was officially renamed in her honor. Today the branch serves its close-knit neighborhood with English-language collections for adults, teens, and children, plus magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, and DVDs, and hosts regular programs from film screenings and book groups to a drop-in knitting circle. Staff members speak Korean, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese in addition to English.

⭐ What makes this branch special

• 1916 Carnegie library with a Spanish-style brick and terra cotta facade by architect John Reid, Jr.
• Renamed for Sally Brunn, the resident whose advocacy saved it from closure in the 1980s
• Was the seventh branch in the SFPL system, built for $45,499 including furnishings
• Community programs include film screenings, book groups, and a drop-in knitting circle

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