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Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library

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Tenley Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C LCCN2012630108
Tenley Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C LCCN2012630108

The Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 4450 Wisconsin Avenue NW. A public library branch first opened in the area in 1926, and a library at the current site opened in 1960. A redesigned library branch was built at a cost of $18 million and opened in 2011. The Washington Post described the new library building, which featured a green roof and other sustainable-design features, as "one of the best things for D.C. in decades", though it experienced years of problems with a leaky roof.

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Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington American University Park

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Tenley-Friendship Branch Library

Wisconsin Avenue Northwest 4450
20007 Washington, American University Park
District of Columbia, United States
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Tenley Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C LCCN2012630108
Tenley Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C LCCN2012630108
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Tenley Campus
Tenley Campus

The Immaculata Seminary Historic District, commonly known as Tenley Campus, is an 8.2-acre (3.3 ha) parcel of land, located off of Tenley Circle in the Northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Tenleytown. The site of Dunblane, an early to mid-nineteenth-century Federal/Greek Revival-style manor house, it was once part of a large country estate on the outskirts of the capital city, owned by a succession of prominent Georgetown residents. From 1904 to 1906, the land was acquired by the Catholic Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, who, for decades, operated all-girls primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools there under the Immaculata name, before being forced to shutter due to financial issues. Since 1986, it has been a satellite campus of American University, which purchased the site in part because of its proximity to Tenleytown station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro. It currently houses the school's Washington College of Law. The district reflects Tenleytown's evolution from a rural Washington County community to a densely-populated streetcar suburb, as well as the Catholic Church's role in education, particularly of women, during the twentieth century. It was added to the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2011 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Development of the site that took place preceding the law school's move in 2016 preserved the existing character of outdoor spaces and incorporated historic structures, including Dunblane and the original 1905 A. O. Von Herbulis-designed seminary building, which has long stood prominently above passing traffic along Wisconsin Avenue.