The Katie Wheeler Branch Library is on the original location of the
Irvine residence. Originally constructed by C.E. French in 1876, James
Irvine II nearly doubled its size in 1892. Following the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake, Irvine moved his wife and three children permanently to
the ranch. A fire damaged the home in 1965, and it was demolished in
1968. The library was carefully designed to replicate the historic residence.
