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Carnegie Library building in Mount Vernon Square houses the Historical Society (2008) Carnegie Library building seen from the south in 2019. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., also called the DC History Center, is an educational foundation dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of Washington, D.C.
Tenleytown is zoned to: Janney Elementary School [9] Alice Deal Middle School [10] Jackson-Reed High School [11] Tenleytown is the location of several independent schools, including National Presbyterian School (PS-6) and Georgetown Day School, whose 2021 campus expansion allowed its lower and middle schools to join the high school in Tenleytown.
These developments changed the demographics of Tenleytown from a working class village to middle-class neighborhood, and Reno City was demolished beginning in 1928. [2] [6] The developments also led to new roads being cut through the area. Wisconsin Avenue was widened in 1919 to accommodate streetcars and automobiles, and Albemarle Street was ...
The library was donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie and was dedicated on January 7, 1903. It was designed by the New York firm of Ackerman & Ross in the Beaux-Arts style. It was the first Carnegie library in Washington, D.C., and the District's first desegregated public building. [2]
Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...
Aerial view of Tenleytown from the southwest, looking towards Fort Reno Park and Wakefield.Tenley Campus is at the bottom right. Tenley Campus sits atop a knoll, fronting the western edge of Tenley Circle, at the intersection of Nebraska Avenue, Wisconsin Avenue, and Yuma Street NW in Northwest Washington, D.C.'s Tenleytown neighborhood.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes of this list central Washington, D. C. is defined as all of the Northwest quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street and all of the Southwest quadrant.
Public buildings and various parks within DC ... Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory ... Tenleytown in Washington, D.C.: 1770-1941, MPS: 18: