Carnagie Library and Mt. Vernon Square, Washington DC
Posted by: 
sagefemme
N 38° 54.171 W 077° 01.382
18S E 324574 N 4307941
At the intersection of New York Ave and Massechusettes Ave (interrupting K Street) you will find yourself at Mt Vernon Place, a green space and the Carnegie Library.
Waymark Code: WMRDJN
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2016
Views: 10
History from Wikipedia:
The Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. is situated in Mount Vernon Square, Washington, D.C.. Donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, it was dedicated on January 7, 1903. It was designed by the New York firm of Ackerman & Ross in the style of Beaux-Arts architecture.
It was the first Carnegie library in Washington, D.C. and it was the first public library.
It was used as the central public library for Washington, D.C. for almost 70 years before it became overcrowded. The central library was then moved to Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. After being shut down for ten years it was renovated as part of University of the District of Columbia. Currently it is used by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and Events DC.
Address of Library Building:
Mount Vernon Place NW
801 K St NW
WAshington, DC
20001
Current Use of Building: LIbrary
Year Built (optional): 1903
Website about building: [Web Link]
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