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DESCRIPTION:Named after 19th-century bank financier and philanthropist Ge
 orge Peabody (1795-1869)\, the Peabody Room became part of the District 
 of Columbia Public Library system when the Georgetown Branch Library ope
 ned to the public on October 5\, 1935. Prior to that it was part of a pr
 ivate lending library established in 1876 by the Peabody Trust and locat
 ed in the Curtis School on O Street N.W. This special collection houses 
 historical and current materials related to the history\, culture and ec
 onomy of Georgetown. Found here are house histories (for most individual
  Georgetown addresses)\, subject vertical files\, photographs\, maps\, n
 eighborhood microfilmed newspapers\, paintings\, engravings and artifact
 s that document various aspects of Georgetown life. The Peabody Room is 
 the only District of Columbia neighborhood special collection and is par
 t of the Washingtoniana Division\, located in the Martin Luther King Jr.
  Memorial Library.&nbsp\;
URL:http://georgetown.patch.com/events/peabody-room-open-2
SUMMARY:Peabody Room Open!
LOCATION:Georgetown Neighborhood Library: 3260 R St NW\, Washington\, DC
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