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Budget. $58 Million [1] Director. Richard Reyes-Gavilan [2] Website. www .dclibrary .org. The District of Columbia Public Library ( DCPL) is the public library system for Washington, D.C. The system includes 26 individual libraries including Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, DCPL's central library. [3]
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. / 38.89861°N 77.02472°W / 38.89861; -77.02472. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library ( MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), constructed and named in honor of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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] It was listed on the National Register of ...
Takoma Park. 416 Cedar St., NW. 38°58′28.99″N 77°1′7.08″W. / 38.9747194°N 77.0186333°W / 38.9747194; -77.0186333 ( Takoma Park Neighborhood Library) 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 ...
The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Established by an Act of Congress in 1934, the library houses the collection of its predecessor Peabody Library, which was founded in 1872 by a donation of George Peabody.
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 Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. In 1980, the building was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of ...
Capitol View Neighborhood Library. / 38.88895; -76.92957. 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 ...