Title supplied by cataloger. Interior view of the Washington Irving Branch Library, 1803 South Arlington Avenue, showing the entrance and the check out counter flanked on either side by reading rooms. Rafters and wooden beams decorate the ceiling. The library was designed by Allison & Allison, architects, and built in 1926 in Romanesque Revival style. It is Los Angeles Cultural Monument #307. It has a rectangular plan with side-facing gables, a symmetrical front elevation, a tiled roof and a bay window on the east side. Its approximate cost was $25,000 and it opened to the public on December 15, 1926. The new Washington Irving Branch, 4117 West Washington Boulevard, opened in 2000, and the old branch on Arlington Avenue has been vacant, boarded up, and fenced for many years.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Public Library.--Washington Irving Branch Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles Library architecture--California--Los Angeles Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Library buildings--California--Los Angeles Library decoration--California--Los Angeles Public libraries--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Allison & Allison
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