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Washington Heights Branch, NYPL · 1000 St. Nicholas Avenue
Washington Heights Branch, NYPL
Washington Heights Branch, NYPL

St. Nicholas Avenue at the N.E. corner of West 160th Street. New York Public Library.

IMAGE DATE1915
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The first Washington Heights Library opened in 1868. The library moved twice before a generous gift from J. Hood Wright, a New York philanthropist, made its collection available free of charge to all residents of Washington Heights. In 1914, the library moved to its present building, designed by Carrère & Hastings, the architects of the New York Public Library’s Main Fifth Avenue Branch.

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