West End Neighborhood Library
{{Short description|Public library in Washington, District of Columbia, United States}}
{{For|1=historic library in Farmington, Connecticut |2=West End Library}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox library
| website = [https://www.dclibrary.org/westend www.dclibrary.org/westend]
| location = 2301 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20037
| name = West End Neighborhood Library
| image = West_End_Neighborhood_Library_(53843650312).jpg
| caption = The library is on ground floor of Westlight building in 2024
| established = {{Start date|1967}}
| country = United States
| type = Public library
| branch_of = District of Columbia Public Library
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dclibrary.org/westend|title=West End Library|date=2010-09-14|website=District of Columbia Public Library|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}} The library opened in 1967 at 1101 24th Street NW and was the city's first public library branch to offer air conditioning.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dclibrary.org/node/743 |title=West End Library History|date=2009-07-23 |website=District of Columbia Public Library |language=en|access-date=2019-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203101948/https://www.dclibrary.org/node/743 |archivedate=2022-12-03}}
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.
The current building for the library opened in 2017 as part of a mixed-use development project{{Cite web|url=https://www.dclibrary.org/node/28744|title=West End Library|date=2011-10-27|website=District of Columbia Public Library|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}} designed by architect Enrique Norton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/11/30/new-west-end-library/|title=Look Inside DC's Stunning New West End Library {{!}} Washingtonian (DC)|date=2017-11-30|website=Washingtonian|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-19}}
File:West End Library - Washington, D.C..JPG|The former building in 2009
File:DCPL watergate 023504.jpg|The library's temporary location in the Watergate complex in 2017
File:West End Neighborhood Library entrance 01.jpg|Entrance in 2023
References
External links
- [https://www.dclibrary.org/westend Official website]