West End Neighborhood Library

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West End Neighborhood Library
The library is on ground floor of Westlight building in 2024
Location	2301 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20037, United States
Type	Public library
Established	1967 (1967)
Branch of	District of Columbia Public Library
Other information
Website	www.dclibrary.org/westend

The West End Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 2301 L Street NW.^[1] The library opened in 1967 at 1101 24th Street NW and was the city's first public library branch to offer air conditioning.^[2]

Buildings

The library opened on February 24, 1967 in a two-story, brick and concrete building designed by architects Albert Goenner and Associates. The 20,000-square-foot building was the 10th of 11 branches erected under the District's Public Works Program that began in 1955.^[2]

The current building for the library opened in 2017 as part of a mixed-use development project^[3] designed by architect Enrique Norton.^[4]

• 
  The former building in 2009
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  The library's temporary location in the Watergate complex in 2017
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  Entrance in 2023

References

1. "West End Library". District of Columbia Public Library. September 14, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
2. "West End Library History". District of Columbia Public Library. July 23, 2009. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
3. "West End Library". District of Columbia Public Library. October 27, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
4. "Look Inside DC's Stunning New West End Library | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. November 30, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

External links

• Official website