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The library was damaged by arson in January 1982 and remained closed for repairs until February 1983. [7] Neighborhood support helped it survive an effort by city officials to close it in the 1980s. [8] Anthony A. Williams, the fifth mayor of the District of Columbia, kicked off his 1998 campaign at a rally on the library's front lawn. [9]
The Mount Pleasant Library at 1600 Lamont Street, NW in Washington, DC is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that opened in May 1925, [1] and is the third oldest public library building still in use in Washington.
Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. formerly served as the DCPL's Central Public Library. In October 1895, in preparation of the library's establishment, founders rented two rooms in the McLean Building at 1517 H Street NW to begin acquiring and processing materials to be used in what would then be called the Washington City Free Library.
The Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5625 Connecticut Avenue NW. [1] The neighborhood's first public library opened in 1920 and relocated several times before its current building opened in 1968. [2]
The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Queens Chapel neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE. [1] [2] [3] Residents had requested a library for the area as early as 1957; the current building opened in 1983 at a cost of $2 million ...
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 .
The Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 4450 Wisconsin Avenue NW. [1] A public library branch first opened in the area in 1926, and a library at the current site opened in 1960. [2]
The Northwest One development project produced a state‐of‐the‐art facility including a Preschool‐8th grade school, a public library and a technology center. [3] The neighborhood had previously been served by a kiosk library until it was closed in 2008.