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University of Phoenix–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution: 203 1976 [29] HLC: University of the District of Columbia: Public Master's university: 3,577 1851 [30] ACEN, ABFSE, AND, ASHA, JRCERT, MSCHE: University of the Potomac–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution: 534 1989 [31] MSCHE
The building ceased to serve as the central branch of DC Public Library in 1970; it now houses the offices, collections, and research library of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. [1] It also houses an Apple store. 2: Mount Pleasant: 1600 Lamont St., NW
The library has two major libraries – the Bill Bryson Library, which is the main university library, and Palace Green Library, which houses the special collections and archives. A third library, the International Study Centre Library, is located on the Queen's Campus in Stockton-upon-Tees , and is primarily used by students and staff at the ...
Washington City Paper in 2014 named it the city's best library. [13] The building's 2009-2011 renovation was honored in 2011 by the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Institute of Architects for "merit in historic resources." [14] In 2018, the library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [15]
Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. formerly served as the DCPL's Central Public Library. In October 1895, in preparation of the library's establishment, founders rented two rooms in the McLean Building at 1517 H Street NW to begin acquiring and processing materials to be used in what would then be called the Washington City Free Library. [4]
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 Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5625 Connecticut Avenue NW. [1] The neighborhood's first public library opened in 1920 and relocated several times before its current building opened in 1968. [2]
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]