Wilshire Branch
- Architect
- Allen Kelly Ruoff
- Year
- 1926
- Style
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
The Wilshire Branch Library is a 1926 Los Angeles Public Library branch in Mid-Wilshire, designed by architect Allen Kelly Ruoff. In 1987 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places along with several other Los Angeles branch libraries as part of a thematic group listing.
the style
Ruoff drew on the Italian Romanesque style for the library's design, though the branch is also identified with Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.
More on Spanish Colonial Revivalsignificance
The Wilshire Branch was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as part of a thematic group listing of Los Angeles Public Library branches.
nearby
- 40 N. Western Ave.
- Jardinette Apartments
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple
- Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre
- St. Basil Catholic Church
- Ravenswood Apartments