Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library

Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Wednesday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Thursday: noon—8:00 PM
    Friday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library
  • Also known as: “Juanita E. Thornton Library”, “Shepherd Park Branch Library”, “Shepherd Park Library”, and “Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library”
  • Address: 7420 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20012
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Takoma Park Branch Library and Penguin Fountain.

Library
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The Takoma Park Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that serves the neighborhood. It opened in 1911. is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.

Fountain
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is situated 2,200 feet south of Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.

Railway station
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is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in in . 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. 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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the of 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.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the district's Fourth Ward. It borders the city of .

Neighborhood
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is an area in northwest , built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the , where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library

Latitude
38.98034° or 38° 58′ 49″ north
Longitude
-77.02697° or 77° 1′ 37″ west
Levels
2
Operator
District of Columbia Public Library
Open location code
87C4XXJF+46
Open­Street­Map ID
way 71427805
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q19881119
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In Other Languages

“Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library” goes by many names.
  • Urdu: “جوانیتا ای تھورنٹن/شیپیرڈ پارک نیبرہڈ لائبریری”

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