List of Carnegie libraries in the District of Columbia

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. In addition, one academic library was granted.

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Key

      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
      Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie libraries

Library Image Location Notes
1 Main Mt. Vernon Square
 Designed by New York firm Ackerman and Ross, this Beaux-Arts building was dedicated on January 7, 1903—both Andrew Carnegie and President Theodore Roosevelt attended the ceremony. It is now the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.; the library closed in 1970.[1]
2 Mount Pleasant 1600 Lamont St., NW
 Designed by noted library architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, this is the last library built with Carnegie funds in Washington, D.C., having opened on May 15, 1925.[2]
3 Southeast 403 7th St., SE
 Another building designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton, this library sits on a triangular-shaped site. It opened December 8, 1922.[3]
4 Takoma Park 416 Cedar St., NW
 Built in the Renaissance Revival style by Marsh and Peter and opening on November 17, 1911, this was the first branch library in Washington, D.C. The building was renovated in 2008 and 2009.[4]

Academic library

Institution Image Date
granted[5]		 Grant
amount[5]		 Location Notes
1 Howard University 01907-12-02 December 2, 1907 $50,000 Carnegie Bldg.
 A Whitfield & King of New York design, this building was dedicated April 25, 1910, in exercises attended by both Andrew Carnegie and President William Howard Taft. It was repurposed in 1937, now serving as office space.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Contact Us". Historical Society of Washington, D.C.. http://www.historydc.org/media/library_history.asp. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  2. ^ "Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library History". DC Public Library. http://www.dclibrary.org/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=566261. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  3. ^ "Southeast Neighborhood Library History". DC Public Library. http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=563776. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  4. ^ "Takoma Park Neighborhood Library History". DC Public Library. http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?A=1266&Q=563804. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  5. ^ a b Miller, p. 39
  6. ^ "The Carnegie Library at Howard University, 1905-1937: A Documentary History". Howard University Library System. http://www.howard.edu/library/about/history/Carnegie-Library/Default.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 

References

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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