Built 1930 Opened 1930 Phone +1 310-821-1769 | NRHP Reference # 87001020 Area 2,024 m² Added to NRHP 19 May 1987 | |
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Location 610 California Ave., Venice, Los Angeles, California MPS Los Angeles Branch Library System TR Address 501 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, USA Hours Closed now Saturday9:30AM–5:30PMSundayClosedMonday10AM–8PMTuesday12–8PMWednesday10AM–8PMThursday12–8PMFriday9:30AM–5:30PMSuggest an edit Architectural styles Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, Mission Revival architecture Similar Jefferson Branch Library - L, Angeles Mesa Branch Li, John Muir Branch Library - L, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Cahuenga Branch | ||
Venice Branch is a former branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Venice section of Los Angeles, California. The old Venice Branch library was replaced in 1995 by a new branch now known as the Venice-Abott Kinney Memorial Branch. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building is now used as the Vera Davis McClendon Youth and Family Center.
The Venice Branch was designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in June 1984. In 1987, the Venice Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission. The application noted that the branch libraries had been constructed in a variety of period revival styles to house the initial branch library system of the City of Los Angeles. With respect to the Venice Branch, the application described the building as a building in the Spanish Colonial Revival style made of masonry construction. The front entry has oak double doors with diamond-shaped panes. Small wrought-iron lamps flank the entrance.