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Mount Pleasant

3220 16th St. NW

3220 16th St. NW is currently the District of Columbia International School, which is a feeder school for the 6th-12th grades for five language-immersion public charter elementary schools.  The International School plans to move to another location in 2016.

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Mount Pleasant

3224 16th St. NW

3224 16th St. is a three-story concrete building with decorative trim, constructed in 1964.  It currently is occupied by the Creative Minds charter school, and the United Federation of Churches.

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Cathedral Heights

3909 Woodley Road – Hearst Hall

Hearst Hall, at 3909 Woodley Road, was built in 1900 as the original home of the National Cathedral School for Girls.  The money for the building was donated by Phoebe Hearst, the mother of William Randolph Hearst. The building was designed in the French Chateau style by architect Robert Gibson, a New York architect.  The […]

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Mount Vernon Square

1125 New Jersey Avenue NW

The Walker Jones Education Campus, at 1125 New Jersey Avenue NW, is a new school building completed in 2014.  It combines a public school, library, community center, and recreation center.  It replaced two prior school buildings at that location.

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Kalorama

1819 35th St. NW – Hardy Middle School

Hardy Middle School and the Fillmore Arts Center are in the school building at 1819 35th St. NW.  The school was built in 1928, originally as Gordon Junior High School.

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Sixteenth Street Heights

Brightwood Elementary School

Brightwood Elementary School is a D.C. public elementary school.  It started in 1897, and the current building at 1300 Nicholson St. was built in 1926.  The architect was Waddy B. Wood, a famed D.C. architect.  The building is a three-story brick building with a columned facade above the front door, and limestone trim.

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Foggy Bottom

Corcoran Hall

Corcoran Hall, at 725 21st Street, N.W. , is an academic building at George Washington University.  It was built by GW in 1924, designed by architects Albert L. Harris and Arthur B. Heaton.  It was named after William Corcoran, President of the trustees and founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The building is four […]

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Columbia Heights

Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Harriet Tubman Elementary School, at 3101 13th St NW, is a D.C. public elementary school, serving the Columbia Heights area.  It was built in 1970.

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Trinidad

Center City Public Charter School, Trinidad Campus

Center City Public Charter School is at 1217 West Virginia Ave NE.  The school is a two-story brick building with elaborate stone trim. The school was formerly the Holy Name School.  In 2008, the Archdiocese of Washington gave up control of seven Catholic elementary schools, including this one, and they were converted into public charter […]

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Benning

Mary H. Plummer Elementary School

Mary H. Plummer Elementary School, at 4601 Texas Ave SE, is a three-story brick building, constructed in 1959 and currently undergoing modernization.