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The building also now houses the DC History Center on the second floor, and the Carnegie Gallery (featuring historic photographs and documents about the origins and history of the building) in the basement.
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location. In December 2016, Events DC announced an agreement with the company for conversion of the space into a new store designed by
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The City Museum of Washington opened in the library in May 2003, but closed less than two years later. In 2014,
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in Washington, D.C., and the District's first desegregated public building. It was listed on the
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This article is about the building in Mount Vernon Square. For other Carnegie libraries, see
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and was dedicated on January 7, 1903. It was designed by the New York firm of
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Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
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into the library, but failed to win historic preservation approval.
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The library was donated to the public by entrepreneur
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Index

List of Carnegie libraries in Washington, D.C.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Mount Vernon Square
Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
38°54′9.36″N 77°1′22.44″W / 38.9026000°N 77.0229000°W / 38.9026000; -77.0229000
Ackerman & Ross
Beaux-Arts architecture
69000290
Mount Vernon Square
Washington, D.C.
Andrew Carnegie
Ackerman & Ross
Beaux-Arts style
Carnegie library
National Register of Historic Places
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
University of the District of Columbia
Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Events DC
International Spy Museum

Apple Inc.
Apple Store
Foster and Partners
Oprah's Book Club
Architecture of Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
District of Columbia Public Library

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