Wilmington Branch

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Wilmington Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	309 W. Opp St., Wilmington, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:	34°3′13″N 118°16′6″W / 34.05361, -118.26833Coordinates: 34°3′13″N 118°16′6″W / 34.05361, -118.26833
Built/Founded:	1927
Architect:	Marston,Van Pelt & Maybury; McAllister,W.E.
Architectural style(s):	Mission/Spanish Revival
Added to NRHP:	May 19, 1987
NRHP Reference#:	87001023 ^[1]
MPS:	Los Angeles Branch Library System TR
Governing body:	Local

Wilmington Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1927 based on a design by architect W.E. McAllister.

In 1987, the Wilmington 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.^[2] 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.

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^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
^ The Los Angeles Branch Library System TR

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