Built 1925 NRHP Reference # 10000241 Phone +1 202-282-0110 | Architect Albert Harris Opened 1925 Added to NRHP 10 May 2010 | |
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Location 4130 Albemarle Street, NW, Washington, D.C. MPS Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS Address 4130 Albemarle St NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA Similar Tenleytown–AU station, Fort Reno Park, Fort Bayard, One Judiciary Square, Spring Valley Shopping | ||
The Janney Elementary School is a school for kids from Pre-K through 5th grade. The school enrolls approximately 580 students.
The building itself is noted as a historic school building, located at 4130 Albemarle Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood.
History
Janney Elementary School opened in 1925, as:
the last word in modern schoolhouse construction. It will have two distinctive features which other buildings of its type in the District lack – a combination gymnasium and assembly hall and adequate outdoor play space.
In 1926, principal Blanche Pulizzi provided space for Tenleytown’s public library. In 1932, the west wing was completed. A renovation started in 2010, and was completed in 2011. A separate renovation took place in 2012, that expanded the west wing of the school, and added classrooms.
It was listed by the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board, in 2009. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 2010.
Its principal is Alysia Lutz.