Anacostia Neighborhood Library Explained

Library Name:	Anacostia Neighborhood Library
Country:	United States
Type:	Public library
Established:	1942
Location:	1800 Good Hope Road SE, Washington, D.C. 20020
Branch Of:	District of Columbia Public Library
Website:	http://dclibrary.org/anacostia

Anacostia Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) System. It was opened to the public in 1942 .^[1]

History

A temporary branch opened on November 20, 1942, at 1537 Good Hope Road S.E. The building was a former store and apartment building. A new Branch opened in 1956 and the permanent building opened on April 12, 1956. The Anacostia library was the first of six public library branches built under the D.C. Public Works Program.^[2] The building was razed and replaced by a new branch library that opened to the public on Monday, April 26, 2010. The library earned a LEED-Gold certification for environmentally sustainable design from the U.S. Green Building Council.^[3]

See also

• District of Columbia Public Library
• Anacostia

External links

• DC Public Library" Anacostia Neighborhood Library page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anacostia Library . DC Public Library . 9 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160121040040/http://dclibrary.org/anacostia . 21 January 2016 .
2. Web site: Anacostia Library History. DC Public Library. 10 January 2016.
3. Web site: Anacostia Library Opened April 26, 2010. DC Public Library. 10 January 2016.