Bellevue / William O. Lockridge Library

Bellevue / William O. Lockridge Library
Country United States
Type Public library
Location 115 Atlantic St. S.W.,Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°49′53″N 77°00′34″W / 38.83128°N 77.00936°W / 38.83128; -77.00936Coordinates: 38°49′53″N 77°00′34″W / 38.83128°N 77.00936°W / 38.83128; -77.00936
Branch of District of Columbia Public Library
Website

Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) System. It was originally opened to the public in 1959. [1]

History

The Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library was built in 1959 as the Washington Highlands Branch Library, funded under a public works program for the District of Columbia. The building was renamed by the DC Council after it was rebuilt on the original site in 2012.[2]

The new Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library was described in Architectural Record as "more like a Brutalist treehouse than the glimmering pavilion that is the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library"[3] The library is set on a steep, hilly site, named both for a community activist and the Bellevue neighborhood.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library History". DC Public Library. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ↑ DeBonis, Mike (4 Jan 2012). "Local Lockridge library renaming is made final over last-ditch objection". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Stephens, Suzanne (16 Oct 2012). "William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library". Architectural Digest: 136. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

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