Venice Branch

Venice Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Former Venice Branch, May 2008
Location	610 California Ave., Venice, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	33°59′28″N 118°28′29″W
Built	1930
Architect	Witmer, David L.; Crosel, Joe
Architectural style	Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
MPS	Los Angeles Branch Library System
NRHP reference No.	87001020
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1987

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 Venice Branch is 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.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Public Library

External links

• Grand opening celebration for the new Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, Aug. 12, 1995
• History of Venice and West Los Angeles branch libraries, Mar. 17, 1949