Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is a library in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Georgia Avenue Northwest. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is situated nearby to the heath KBC Nursing Agency, as well as near Lee Memorial Baptist Church.- Type: Library
- Address: 7420 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, 20012
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Takoma Park Branch Library and Penguin Fountain.
Takoma Park Branch Library
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
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 2,900 feet southeast of Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Penguin Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Gnupratchett, CC0.
Penguin Fountain is situated 2,200 feet south of Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Silver Spring station
Railway station
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3,600 feet north of Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Takoma.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
Photo: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
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.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.98034° or 38° 58′ 49″ northLongitude
-77.02697° or 77° 1′ 37″ westLevels
2Operator
Government of the District of ColumbiaOpen location code
87C4XXJF+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 71427805OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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