Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library

The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Queens Chapel neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE.^[1][2][3] Residents had requested a library for the area as early as 1957; the current building opened in 1983 at a cost of $2 million.^[4][5]

Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Library
38.955076°N 76.999666°W / 38.955076; -76.999666
Location	5401 South Dakota Ave. NE Washington, DC 20011, United States
Type	Public library
Established	1983
Branch of	District of Columbia Public Library
Other information
Website	https://www.dclibrary.org/lamond

In the late 2010s, the city approved a $20 million project to rebuild the library, designed by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson.^[3][5][6][7] Razing of the building began on January 4, 2021, and the library reopened on June 27, 2022.^[5][8]

The library was renamed the Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Library in 2022^[9][10] to honor the legacy of activist and organizer Lillian J. Huff.

The old Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library during the demolition process in January 2021.