West End Neighborhood Library

For historic library in Farmington, Connecticut, see West End 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]

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  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