Fort Washington Library
New York Public Library, Fort Washington Branch | |
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| Location | 535 West 179th St., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°50′52″N 73°56′02″W / 40.84778°N 73.93389°WCoordinates: 40°50′52″N 73°56′02″W / 40.84778°N 73.93389°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. [1] |
| Area | 0.12 acres (0.049 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Cook & Welch |
| MPS | Carnegie Libraries of New York City MPS |
| {{{DESIGNATED_OTHER1_ABBR}}} # | 06101.008643 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 27, 2020 |
| Designated {{{DESIGNATED_OTHER1_ABBR}}} | June 16, 2020[2] |
The Fort Washington Library is a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) at 535 West 179th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. It was designed by Cook & Welch and opened in April 1914.[4] The Fort Washington Library was one of 65 Carnegie libraries in New York City to be funded through a donation from the businessman Andrew Carnegie,[5][6] who donated $5.2 million (Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index.) for the purpose in 1901.[7]
Description
There is an apartment above the library.[5]
History
See also
- List of Carnegie libraries in New York City
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street
References
- ↑ National Park Service (1900-01-01). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.2024point
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ National Park Service (1900-01-01). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.2025a
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New York Public Library, Fort Washington Branch". National Park Service. Retrieved October 8, 2026. With accompanying pictures
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gill, John Freeman (March 5, 2025). "The Secret Apartments Hidden Above Carnegie Libraries". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- ↑ Bostwick, Arthur E. (December 5, 1901). "The Carnegie Library Gift to New York". The Interior. Vol. 32 no. 1645. p. 1548. ProQuest 853405535.
- ↑ Annual Report. Carnegie Corporation of New York. 1999. p. 58. Retrieved July 9, 2026. Search this book on
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- 1910s architecture in the United States
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