Takoma Park Neighborhood Library


The Takoma Park Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that serves the Takoma neighborhood. It opened in 1911.
WWW dclibrary.org/takomapark

History

Before the current public library opened in 1911, the community was served by the Takoma Club and Library, a small lending library that opened on May 1, 1900, on Oak Avenue, across from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station.
The current Takoma Park Branch was built at 416 Cedar Street NW, using a $40,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. The building is one of four Carnegie-funded library buildings in Washington, D.C.
The library stands in the Takoma Park National Register Historic District designated in 1983. The building received an extensive makeover in 2009.