Former 23rd Avenue Branch - Oakland, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 37° 47.008 W 122° 14.064
10S E 567415 N 4182066
The former 23rd Avenue Branch is now enclosed by fences and remains vacant.
Waymark Code: WM64AG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2009
Views: 5
opened 1918
23rd Avenue Branch 1918-1966
Ina Coolbrith Branch 1966-1972
Latin American Branch 1972-1976
currently vacant
grant amount: $35,000
architectural style: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
architect: Donovan & Dickey
"Architects C.W. Dickey and John Donovan were chosen to design the Miller Avenue library, along with the Alden and Golden Gate branches. The Spanish Revival building is located on the southwest corner of Miller Avenue and East 15th Street near the intersection of Foothill Blvd. and 23rd Avenue. Its neighborhood is now mainly commercial and industrial with some residential. The building is no longer part of the library system; it has served as an alternative school for the Oakland public schools, was briefly a social service facility, and has had several periods of vacacy." (
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