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Order Number	00086120
Title	Washington Irving Branch Library
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Libraries-LAPL-Branches-Washington Irving; A-001-804 4x5
Date	Circa 1926
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Exterior view of the Washington Irving Branch Library, 1803 South Arlington Avenue, designed by Allison & Allison, architects, and built in 1926 in Romanesque Revival style. It is Los Angeles Cultural Monument #307. Its materials included hollow tile, brick, and stucco. 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.
Subject	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. Public libraries--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Allison & Allison.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Internal Notes	Three prints in folder.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection