📚 Fort Washington Library

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. The facade is constructed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and is three stories high. Inside, the branch has about 14,500 square feet (1,350 m2) spread across a basement and three floors; this area includes a caretaker's apartment. One of the Carnegie libraries in New York City funded by the businessman Andrew Carnegie, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.