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		B2 INDEX
		A. Eberly's Sons
		H. C. Ewald's
		7th & G Streets
		Martin Luther King Memorial Library
		Kloeppinger's Bakery
		Old Patent Office Building
		Former Washington Journal Office
		Masonic Temple
		The Hecht Company
		Oriental Building Association
		Dietz’s Rathskeller

	MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Martin Luther King Memorial Library, the main branch of the DC Public Library, was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built 1969-1972. The library is the only building designed by the great German-American architect in the District of Columbia. In addition to its collection of books and audio-visual materials, the library is home to the Washingtoniana Collection, an excellent source of books, photographs, and other materials related to DC history. A major highlight is the Washington Star collection of photographs and files from the former newspaper, which stopped publishing in 1981.

In 2004, the DC Preservation League put the library on its "Watch List," consisting of "sites that [the League] feels are not in imminent danger, but deserve regular scrutiny because of potential future threats to their integrity." In the case of the MLK Library, the League notes "a lack of preventive maintenance and system upgrades" over the last three decades, adding further that "the District government's plans for the library are uncertain."