Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 96000893 Added to NRHP 16 August 1996 | Built 1902 Opened 1902 Architect Waddy Butler Wood | |
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Location 1400 First St., NW
Washington, D.C. Architectural styles Renaissance Revival architecture, Neoclassical architecture Similar Shaw Junior High School, Evans‑Tibbs House, M Street High School, Corcoran Gallery of Art, White House | ||
The Armstrong Manual Training School, also known as the Samuel Chapman Armstrong Technical High School, is a historic black school, located at 1400 First St., N.W. near P Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Truxton Circle neighborhood. It is located in the 5th Ward.
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History
It was designed by local architect Waddy B. Wood in 1902. The Renaissance Revival building was one of two segregated manual training schools constructed for the city's African-American youth. It was named for Samuel C. Armstrong. It was dedicated by Booker T. Washington, on October 24, 1902.
The building served as Veterans High School, between 1958 and 1964. Since 1964, it has served as the Armstrong Adult Education Center. The school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It operated as a private charter school until its charter was revoked in 2015. It is currently functioning as an elementary public charter school under the name Friendship Armstrong Academy.
Arne Duncan visited the school in 2010.