Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library

Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library
Benning / Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library
	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.

History

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Benning Library History". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ Reed, Dan (March 19, 2019). "New Public Libraries Are Some of the Best Buildings in DC". Washingtonian. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ Acosta, Marcel C. (March 27, 2008). "BENNING NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY LIBRARY REPLACEMENT" (PDF). National Capital Planning Commission.
^ Austermuhle, Martin (June 29, 2012). "The New Cathedral: D.C.'s Rebuilt Public Libraries Draw Praise for Design and Purpose". DCist. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ Kennicott, Philip (April 5, 2010). "Benning library is well worth checking out; High-tech advances aside, designers didn't throw out the book in planning facility". The Washington Post.
^ "Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Library". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Highsmith, Carol M. (September 2011). "Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C." Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ Renwick, Dustin (March 30, 2017). "6 beautiful libraries in D.C. by famous architects". Curbed DC. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "Progress and Promise Mark New Benning Library Opening". District of Columbia Public Library. April 4, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "Benning Neighborhood Library FAQs". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[:0-1] "Benning Library History". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[2] Reed, Dan (March 19, 2019). "New Public Libraries Are Some of the Best Buildings in DC". Washingtonian. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[3] Acosta, Marcel C. (March 27, 2008). "BENNING NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY LIBRARY REPLACEMENT" (PDF). National Capital Planning Commission.

[4] Austermuhle, Martin (June 29, 2012). "The New Cathedral: D.C.'s Rebuilt Public Libraries Draw Praise for Design and Purpose". DCist. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[5] Kennicott, Philip (April 5, 2010). "Benning library is well worth checking out; High-tech advances aside, designers didn't throw out the book in planning facility". The Washington Post.

[6] "Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Library". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[:1-7] Highsmith, Carol M. (September 2011). "Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C." Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[8] Renwick, Dustin (March 30, 2017). "6 beautiful libraries in D.C. by famous architects". Curbed DC. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[9] "Progress and Promise Mark New Benning Library Opening". District of Columbia Public Library. April 4, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[10] "Benning Neighborhood Library FAQs". District of Columbia Public Library. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

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