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Immaculate Conception Church, School, Rectory, and Residence
Founded in 1864, Immaculate Conception was the first mission church of Saint Patrick’s, organized to serve the Roman Catholic population in the then-sparsely settled area north of Mount Vernon Square.…
Jackson-Reed High School (Woodrow Wilson High School): This high school in Tenleytown opened in 1935 to help address overcrowding in DC's schools during the Great Depression.
Tenleytown's Jackson-Reed High School (originally called Woodrow Wilson High School) exemplifies the high standard of architectural quality that characterized Washington's public school design and…
Jesse Reno School: The Jesse Reno School, built in 1903, was a predominantly African American elementary school in the Tenleytown neighborhood.
The Jesse Reno School was built in 1903 for African American children. Designed by municipal architect Snowden Ashford, the school had four rooms on the first floor and four on the basement level. Its…
Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School: Spingarn was constructed to serve African American students during the final period of segregated schools in DC.
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…
John Fox Slater School: This building illustrates DC school design in the 1880s and 1890s.
Completed in 1891 for African American students by the city's Office of the Building Inspector, the John Fox Slater School was designed in a Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival style. The former school…
John Mercer Langston School: This building is an exceptional example of an African American school built during DC’s segregated school system era.
John Mercer Langston School was built in 1902 to handle the overflow of students from neighboring John Fox Slater School. Named for John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), the first African American…
John Philip Sousa Junior High School: This middle school stands as the epicenter of a critical battle in desegregating public education.
John Philip Sousa Junior High (now Middle) School, built in 1950, stands as a symbol of the lengthy conflict over the desegregation of public schools and the beginning of the modern civil rights…
Lafayette Elementary School: Lafayette Elementary School became a visual landmark of the Chevy Chase neighborhood, as well as a community center, from 1931 onwards.
Built in 1931, Lafayette Elementary School accommodated the rapid growth of the suburban community, Chevy Chase. One of several schools of the 1925 five-year plan, this major building campaign…
Lucy Diggs Slowe Elementary School: Constructed during the fight for educational equality, the Lucy Diggs Slowe Elementary School stands as a symbol of civil rights activism in Brookland.
“Must we allow this nonsensical custom of segregation to deny our children adequate educational facilities while enrollment for schools of the other race is hardly sufficient for maintenance?” O.V.…
M Street High School (Perry School): M Street High School was one of the nation’s first high schools for African Americans and represents an important development of Washington’s education system.
Founded in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth, M Street High School navigated multiple makeshift locations until 1890 when Congress earmarked $112,000 for the construction of a…