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Randle Highlands School: This school was designed in a Tudor and Elizabethan Revival style by Snowden Ashford, the city’s first Municipal Architect.
The Randle Highlands School, built between 1911 and 1912, is strongly associated with the history of the District’s public schools, and its construction in the early 20th century was due to the need…
Eastern High School: This Capitol Hill high school was designed in a Collegiate Gothic style and has been a major landmark along East Capitol Street for a century.
Eastern High School, located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on the 1700 block of East Capitol Street NE, was constructed between 1921 and 1923 and designed by Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford in…
Engine Company No. 25 (Chemical Engine No. 5; Congress Heights Firehouse): The firehouse attracted new residents because it alleviated concerns of being outside the city's fire call-box system.
Constructed from 1901 to 1902, the Congress Heights Firehouse first and foremost provided emergency service to the area, but also had a real estate investment aspect to it that helped further develop…
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…
Fish Market Lunchroom & Oyster Shucking Shed: The lunchroom and adjacent shed are the only remaining reminders of the Municipal Fish Market’s heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Fish Market Lunchroom and its associated Oyster Shucking Shed were built between 1916 and 1918, in conjunction with the construction of the Municipal Fish Market in the area now known as The…
James Ormond Wilson Normal School: The Wilson Normal School is a municipal public school building with a history of training DC teachers.
The James Ormond Wilson Teachers' College, originally known as the Washington Normal School, is an Elizabethan Revival brick building with two floors, an attic and basement. Erected between 1911 and…
Engine Company No. 23: Engine Company No. 23 is the smallest of all DC's firehouses and a treasured landmark in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.
Engine Company No. 23 is a modest, two-story red brick firehouse in an Arts and Crafts interpretation of an Italian Renaissance Revival style. Designed by prominent architects Hornblower & Marshall…
Park View School (and Auditorium Interior): This school is distinctive among the District’s elementary schools for its large auditorium.
In 1911, the quickly developing Park View neighborhood was in need of an elementary school for its 600 children. In 1916, after years of advocacy by the Park View Citizens’ Association, the 16-room…
Margaret Murray Washington School: This school provided vocational and manual training for African American students throughout the 20th century.
As public education programs expanded in the early 20th century, vocational education became more popular in order to train young people with desirable skills for specific industries. The Margaret…
Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.
When Old Engine Company No. 12 was under construction in 1896, both sides of North Capitol Street were in rapid development. By then, Washington, DC, had outgrown its original boundaries and…