Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library | |
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38°53′39″N 76°56′52″W / 38.894099°N 76.947765°W | |
Location | 3935 Benning Road NE, Washington, D.C. 20019, United States |
Type | Public library |
Established | 1962; reopened 2010 |
Branch of | District of Columbia Public Library |
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Website | [1] |
The Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library system, located in Benning, a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C.
The site at 3935 Benning Road NE was previously home to a library designed by Clark T. Harmon as part of a D.C. Public Works Program initiative, a one-story brick-and-concrete building that opened in 1962. The library had played an important role in the surrounding community since its inception. [1]
In 2004, the original library was closed to make way for a new structure on the same site, as part of a citywide push to revamp D.C.'s public libraries. An interim library served the Benning community while construction was underway. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The new Benning / Dorothy I. Height branch of the DCPL opened on April 5, 2010. [1] [6] [7]
It was named in honor of Dorothy Height, an influential civil rights and women's rights activist. [7]
The new library was designed by the architecture firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas. Construction of the two-story, 22,000-square-foot building cost $12 million. [1] [8] [9]
The library features public art from artists based in D.C.'s Ward 7. [1] [10]
Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library | |
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38°53′39″N 76°56′52″W / 38.894099°N 76.947765°W | |
Location | 3935 Benning Road NE, Washington, D.C. 20019, United States |
Type | Public library |
Established | 1962; reopened 2010 |
Branch of | District of Columbia Public Library |
Other information | |
Website | [1] |
The Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library system, located in Benning, a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C.
The site at 3935 Benning Road NE was previously home to a library designed by Clark T. Harmon as part of a D.C. Public Works Program initiative, a one-story brick-and-concrete building that opened in 1962. The library had played an important role in the surrounding community since its inception. [1]
In 2004, the original library was closed to make way for a new structure on the same site, as part of a citywide push to revamp D.C.'s public libraries. An interim library served the Benning community while construction was underway. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The new Benning / Dorothy I. Height branch of the DCPL opened on April 5, 2010. [1] [6] [7]
It was named in honor of Dorothy Height, an influential civil rights and women's rights activist. [7]
The new library was designed by the architecture firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas. Construction of the two-story, 22,000-square-foot building cost $12 million. [1] [8] [9]
The library features public art from artists based in D.C.'s Ward 7. [1] [10]