Built 1902 Address Washington, DC 20001, USA Added to NRHP 22 December 2008 | NRHP Reference # 08001206 Opened 1902 Architect Henry Ives Cobb | |
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Location 7th St. and Rhode Island Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. MPS Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS Architectural style Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Armstrong Manual Training, Corcoran Gallery of Art, White House, Folger Shakespeare Library, Arena Stage | ||
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Shaw Junior High School, now known as Asbury Dwellings, is an historic structure located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Historic Places since 2008.
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History
From 1902 until 1928 the building housed the William McKinley Manual Training School. It was a school for white students and opened the same time as Armstrong Manual Training School for African Americans. They were part of an educational trend that began in the late 19th century of developing schools that taught industrial education along with the more traditional academic curriculum that prepared students for college. When McKinley moved to a larger campus in 1928 the building became Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School, which was for white students then as whites left DC in white flight the school became predominately African American. The school then became overcrowded . As it started to deteriorate the building was referred to as “Shameful Shaw.” It was illustrative of the city’s neglect of African Americans. In 1977, Shaw was moved to a new school at 9th and P NW. In 2008, Shaw again moved, this time to the Garnet-Patterson school building at 10th and V Streets NW, where it became known as Shaw Middle School at Garnet-Patterson and the building at 9th and P was razed and redeveloped in 2013. In the same year, Shaw at Garnet-Patterson closed due to low enrollment.
Shaw had a prolific music program with its band marching in the Macy's parade, the Rose Bowl and the Gimbel's parade in Philadelphia, PA. The band was directed by Mr. Lloyd Hoover. The old Shaw Junior High building now houses apartments.
Architecture
The building was designed by architect Henry Ives Cobb. It is part of the city’s effort to hire private architects to improve the designs of public schools. The exterior is composed of buff colored brick and limestone trim. It features an arcade of Romanesque arches on the third floor.