Proposed Rendering for a Senior High School at 24th and Benning (Spingarn).

ID: 6073 ~ Source: National Register Nomination Form ~ Creator: Washingtoniana Division, Prints and Photographs ~ Date: 1950

This file appears in: Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School: Spingarn was constructed to serve African American students during the final period of segregated schools in DC.

This file appears in: Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School: Spingarn was constructed to serve African American students during the final period of segregated schools in DC.

Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School: Spingarn was constructed to serve African American students during the final period of segregated schools in DC.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Built between 1951 and 1952, Spingarn High School was constructed for the education of African American students, meant to relieve the overcrowding of the other segregated high schools and had been…