District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch
The Mount Pleasant Library at 1600 Lamont Street, NW in Washington, DC is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that opened in May 1925, and is the third oldest public library building still in use in Washington.Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: public library in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Mount Pleasant Branch - DC Public Library”, “Mount Pleasant Branch - District of Columbia Public Library”, “Mount Pleasant Branch Library”, “Mount Pleasant Library”, “Mount Pleasant Library (Washington, D.C.)”, “Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch”, “Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library”, “Mt. Pleasant Branch Library”, and “Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library”
- Postal code: 20010
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Guglielmo Marconi and Shrine of the Sacred Heart.
Guglielmo Marconi
Work of art
Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Guglielmo Marconi Memorial is a public artwork by Attilio Piccirilli, located at the intersection of 16th and Lamont Streets NW in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It stands as a tribute to Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, whose work with telegraphy and radio waves led to the creation and popularity of the radio.
Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Church
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shrine of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic parish established in 1899 in the Mount Pleasant/Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C. The parish church is a large domed Byzantine structure modeled after the Cathedral in Ravenna, Italy. Shrine of the Sacred Heart is situated 370 feet east of District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch.
DC USA
Shopping center
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DC USA is an 890,000-square-foot vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A Washington City Paper poll named DC USA the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009. DC USA is situated 990 feet southeast of District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Lanier Heights.
Mount Pleasant
Neighborhood
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Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.
Lanier Heights
Neighborhood
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Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.
Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch
- Categories: public library, library branch, Carnegie library, and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“District of Columbia Public Library-Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Branch” goes by many names.
- French: “Bibliothèque de Mount Pleasant”
- Spanish: “Mount Pleasant Biblioteca de Vecindad”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ پلیزینٹ لائبریری (واشنگٹن ڈی سی)”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ پلیزینٹ لائبریری”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pleasant Plains and Central 14th Street / Spring Road.
Nearby Places
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