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1. SMILEL_150714_031.JPG: A.K. Smiley Public Library Albert K. Smiley, a leader of the city's library movement, donated this building and park to the citizens of Redlands in 1898. Through his generosity, Redlands was given one of California's few privately funded libraries of that era. In 1906, he also contributed a wing, built to blend with the original design for this outstanding Mission Revival library. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Smiley Library Trustees, Friends of the Library, and the Redlands Area Historical Society, July 30, 1991.
2. SMILEL_150714_042.JPG: Alfred and Albert Smiley Marionettes, 2012 Scott Land
3. SMILEL_150714_070.JPG: The Redlands Library, 1898 W.H. Amos Painted for the Library's donor Albert K. Smiley. Note that absence of "A.K. Smiley Public Library" above the entrance. It was in May, 1898 after the library dedication that the Redlands city council surprised Mr. Stanley by naming the building in his honor. The Painting has been part of the Smiley family rooms at their resort in New York State.
4. SMILEL_150714_178.JPG: Mission San Juan Bautista
5. SMILEL_150714_179.JPG: Mission Santa Clara de Asis
6. SMILEL_150714_182.JPG: Mission San Fernando
7. SMILEL_150714_203.JPG: Redlands Post Office by Don O'Neill, ca 1980
8. SMILEL_150714_216.JPG: Frieze from the Cantoria of Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia was born Luca di Simone de Marco in Florence, Italy. He became an acclaimed sculptor of marble. These reproductions of famous originals were selected by the curator of the Metropolitan Museum who was a personal friend of the Smileys.
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Wikipedia Description: A. K. Smiley Public Library
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The A. K. Smiley Public Library is a public library located at 125 W. Vine St. in Redlands, California. Built in 1898, the library was donated to Redlands by philanthropist Albert K. Smiley. Architect T. R. Griffith designed the library in a style which has alternately been described as Mission Revival and Moorish Revival and includes a variety of elements from additional styles. The building has a tile roof and parapets topping arcades on its sides, which suggest a Mission Revival influence; however, the battlement and the curves in the parapet are Moorish Revival elements. In addition, elements of the arches in the arcade, the windows, and the roof ridge were borrowed from classical, Gothic, Spanish Romanesque, and Oriental themens. The library still serves as the Redlands public library. In addition, it houses a collection of materials on native tribes in California donated by Andrew Carnegie, as well as a collection of rare materials about Southern California and local history.

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. It was designated a California Historical Landmark on August 17, 1990.
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