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Conduit Road Schoolhouse

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
73000220

Opened
  
1874

Added to NRHP
  
30 November 1973

Built
  
1874

Address
  
Washington, DC 20007, USA

Architectural style
  
Vernacular architecture

Conduit Road Schoolhouse

Location
  
4954 MacArthur Boulevard, NW Washington, D.C.

Similar
  
Palisades Neighbor Library, Palisade Citizens Association, Battery Kemble Park, The Lab School of Washingt, Palisades Playground

The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is an historic school, located at 4954 MacArthur Boulevard, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Palisades neighborhood.

History

It was built as a one-room schoolhouse on Conduit Road. It replaced a school of 1864, which burned down. It closed in 1928, and served as a branch of the public library. In 1965, it was saved for use as the Children's Museum.

References

Conduit Road Schoolhouse Wikipedia