Old Hollywood Library or Glenwood Library

You thought you were going to a library but you're looking at a bakery! The Fleur de Lis Bakery was once the home of the Hollywood Library from 1959 to 2002 before it moved to it's new location at the start of our tour. And before 1959, it was the Rose City library, a small brick building that was torn down and rebuilt as this building with its unique conical roof. It looks a little like a witch's hat, which Ramona probably loved.

Beverly lived a few short blocks from here and spent many happy hours reading at the Rose City library. Maybe it even helped her decide to be a librarian when she grew up!

This is also the same library that inspired the Glenwood Library, frequented by book-lover Beezus and her (pesty?) little sister Ramona. This is the same library where Ramona infamously defiles a copy of Big Steve the Steam Shovel with a crayon and Beezus pays for the damages. "You said people didn't buy books at the library and now you just bought one!" Ramona says. Poor Beezus!

Take a look at the book that inspired Big Steve. Would you want to read it over and over again to your little sister?

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30719954