District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch

The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on January 23, 1965, after 10 years of advocacy by the Capitol View community.

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Type: Library
Description: public library in Washington, D.C.
Also known as: “Capitol View Branch Library”, “Capitol View Library”, “Capitol View Neighborhood Library”, “DC Public Library - Capitol View Branch”, “District of Columbia Public Library - Capitol View Branch”, and “District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch;Capitol View Branch Library”
Address: 5001 Central Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20019

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benning Road Metro Station and Payne Cemetery.

Benning Road Metro Station

Metro station

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Benning Road station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Benning neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Benning Road Metro Station is situated 2,300 feet west of District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch.

Payne Cemetery

Cemetery

Payne's Cemetery was a 13-acre cemetery located in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1851 as a privately owned secular cemetery open to the public, but it primarily served the city's African American community. Payne Cemetery is situated 2,000 feet southwest of District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch.

Woodlawn Cemetery

Cemetery

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Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans. Woodlawn Cemetery is situated 2,800 feet southwest of District of Columbia Public Library-Capitol View Neighborhood Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic Betterment and Deanwood.

Civic Betterment

Neighborhood

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Civic Betterment is a small neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., on the border of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is triangular in area, bounded by:…

Deanwood

Neighborhood

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Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, Division Avenue to the southeast, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south.