Carnegie Library and Mount Vernon Square Walking Tour

This Indigenous People’s Weekend, Washington Walks is offering a series of guided tours that bring DC’s neighborhoods and stories to life. From the bustling streets of U Street and Columbia Heights to the historic landscapes of Rock Creek Park, Georgetown, and Walter Reed, each tour invites you to experience the city’s full, complex history.

Join professional tour guide Carolyn Crouch on this tour of the historic Carnegie Library and Mount Vernon Square. Mount Vernon Square is a crossroads for major D.C. thoroughfares as well as a meeting point between what was once downtown’s federal offices and largely White-owned businesses and the African American-dominated Shaw neighborhood. It’s also the site of the Carnegie Library building. Opened in 1903 to house the Washington Public Library, it served Black and white patrons during an era when most of DC’s public spaces were segregated.

To book your tour, click the button below then select the October date to complete your registration on the Washington Walks platform.

This tour is sponsored by Joseph Creech and Adé Heyliger.

All proceeds benefit the DC History Center Resilience Fund, created this summer to ensure the DC History Center can continue to preserve inclusive histories, offer educational programs that inspire critical thinking, and protect the craft of evidence-based storytelling. Reserve your spot today and walk in support of DC’s history!