Carnegie Library
Metro Stop: Mt. Vernon Square 7th St-Convention Center
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Carnegie Library. (Source: Library of Congress)
In an attempt to help those poor tourists who get off here hoping to find George Washington’s home, we’re naming this station after a building that’s closer by and far more interesting than a square. Built in 1902, the K Street Carnegie Library was the first of five libraries in D.C. Additionally it was the first desegregated public building in all of Washington. Appropriately, the building now houses the Historical Society of Washington and it is undergoing a renovation to make room for a new co-tenant.