District of Columbia Public Library - Shepherd Park Branch

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Takoma Park Branch Library

Library

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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. Takoma Park Branch Library is situated 3,000 feet southeast of District of Columbia Public Library - Shepherd Park Branch.

Silver Spring station

Railway station

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Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. Silver Spring station is situated 3,500 feet north of District of Columbia Public Library - Shepherd Park Branch.

Penguin Fountain

Fountain

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Penguin Fountain is situated 2,300 feet south of District of Columbia Public Library - Shepherd Park Branch.

Places in the Area

Shepherd Park

Neighborhood

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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Takoma

Suburb

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Takoma is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the district's Fourth Ward. It borders the city of Takoma Park, Maryland.

Colonial Village

Neighborhood

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Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

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