The Eureka Valley Renovation was completed on October 24 , 2009 . The first branch building was the second branch in the system and opened on January 2 , 1902 . It was named the McCreery Branch in honor of Andrew McCreery who donated the land and paid for construction . It was damaged in the Daly City earthquake of 1957 and demolished . The site was used to construct a new building designed by Appleton and Wolford at a cost of $ 192,335 and opened on December 20 , 1961 . It was named the Eureka Valley Branch . In 1981 the Library Commission officially changed the name of the branch to Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library to honor Harvey Milk , the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California . Harvey Milk served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors until he was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone on November 27 , 1978 . In 2006 the City honored José Sarria , the first openly gay man to run for Supervisor ( in 1961 ) by renaming the section of 16th Street adjacent to the branch as José Sarria Court . José Sarria is best known for founding the Imperial Court System , one of the cornerstones of the GLBT community
Daly City earthquake of 1957
1957 San Francisco earthquake
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