Randall Junior High School
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Randall Junior High School | |
Location | 65 I Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°52′45.48″N 77°0′39.18″W / 38.8793000°N 77.0108833°WCoordinates: 38°52′45.48″N 77°0′39.18″W / 38.8793000°N 77.0108833°W |
Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Marsh & Peter |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 08001205[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 2008 |
Randall Junior High School is an historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.
History[]
The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School.[2] Singer Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954.[3] The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center until 1981. After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the .
In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million.[4] The initial redevelopment with developer Monument Realty LLC fell through. In 2010, a Telesis/Rubell group bought the property for $6.5 million and planned to redevelop the property beginning in 2012.[5]
The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018,[6][7] but did not do so.[8]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Elizabeth G. Randall Junior High School (Cardozo School) - Built in 1906, the Randall School represents an important era in African American education in DC". DC Historic Sites. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Williams, Elliot (May 16, 2019). "You Can See Marvin Gaye as a Dapper Teenager at the DC History Center". Washingtonian. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Jacqueline Trescott (November 30, 2006). "Corcoran Seals $6.2 Million Deal For Randall School". The Washington Post.
- ^ Capps, Kriston (Feb 18, 2010). "The Rubells Capitalize in DC". Art in America. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ Tierney Plumb (February 17, 2010). "Corcoran Gallery finds development partner for Randall School". Washington Business Journal.
- ^ Michael Neibauer (September 27, 2010). "Southwest D.C.'s Randall School bags new developer — again". Washington Business Journal.
- ^ "Rubells' Washington, DC museum is taking shape". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. December 2, 2021.
External links[]
- Middle schools in Washington, D.C.
- School buildings completed in 1906
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
- Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C.
- 1906 establishments in Washington, D.C.