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Washington, D.C., United States

Carnegie Library of Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C., United States

Carnegie Library of Washington D.C.
Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

The Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C., also known as the Central Public Library, stands in Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C. Built in 1902 in the Beaux-Arts style to designs by Albert Randolph Ross, it was the first of the city's four Carnegie libraries and its first desegregated public building. It is listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and the National Register of Historic Places.

Architect

Movement

Built
Type
Carnegie library
Heritage
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
Washington, D.C., United States

This building on


Location

38.90260, -77.02290