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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.
A small library kiosk opened in the area in 1976, and a somewhat larger facility opened in 1984, [2] which was eventually replaced in 2009 by a new $878,000 library facility. [ 3 ] The notably small 4,900-square-foot library is located in a leased space in the Shops at Parkland strip mall .
The Southeast Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 403 7th Street SE. [ 1 ] Designed by architect Edward Lippincott Tilton in the neoclassical style, it opened in 1922 and is one of three Carnegie libraries in Washington. [ 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 following list of Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C. provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C., where 4 public libraries were built from one grant (totaling $682,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on March 16, 1899 (a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie).
The Mount Pleasant Library was the third and last DC Neighborhood Library to be built with Carnegie funding. Andrew Carnegie had funded the construction of the Central Library and, at its dedication in 1903, he offered to finance branch buildings as they were needed. Congress was slow to authorize the acceptance of his offer.
In 1986, the library was named for Francis A. Gregory, a local public servant who had been the first black president of the DC Public Library Board of Trustees. [ 1 ] The new Francis A. Gregory Library was described in Architectural Record as a “shimmering pavilion.” [ 2 ] The building is a two-story, glass-sheathed box with an aluminum ...
The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) System. It was opened to the public on January 23, 1965, after 10 years of advocacy by the Capitol View community. A 2018 renovation introduced a new facade, an updated plaza, and the new sculpture "Freedom to Read."