NRHP Reference # 91002049 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 17 July 1991 | Designated NHL July 17, 1991 Architectural style Renaissance architecture | |
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Location 601 50th St., NE., Washington, D.C. Address 601 50th St NE, Washington, DC 20019, USA Similar Marvin Gaye Park, Arts Club of Washington, William L Slayton House, Belmont‑Paul Women's Equality, St Luke's Episcopal Church | ||
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Nannie Helen Burroughs School, formerly known as National Training School for Women and Girls, is a private coeducational elementary school located in the District of Columbia. The school was founded in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs as The National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, Inc. to provide vocational training for African-American females, who did not have many educational opportunities available to them.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, was among the trustees of the school in its early decades. The Trades Hall building of the school was built during 1927-1928. Mary McLeod Bethune was the featured speaker at its dedication.
The Trades Hall building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.