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Request for Proposals to Lease Conduit Road Schoolhouse in Rock Creek Park

historic one-room schoolhouse building — Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / Autumn Cook

The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a long-term competitive lease opportunity for the Conduit Road Schoolhouse, a late 1800s one-room schoolhouse, located at 4954 MacArthur Boulevard NW in Rock Creek Park.

The NPS seeks business proposals addressing how offerors would:

Conduct repairs to the house, such as replacing windows and the roof.

Preserve and protect the property.

Use the property to benefit the local community.

Provide services and amenities.

Potential lessees are invited to submit proposals through August 12, 2025.

Site Visit

Site tours are available by appointment on July 21-22 and must be scheduled two business days in advance. Email us to schedule.

Request for proposals

To develop your proposal, download the Request for Proposals (RFP) in the document list below.

Documents

1. Request for Proposals (RFP)
2. Attachment A: Draft Lease
3. Exhibit A: Premises
4. Exhibit B: Insurance Requirements
5. Exhibit C: Inventory and Condition
6. Exhibit D: Deferred Maintentance
7. Attachment B: OMB Forms

A dark red clapboard-sided building with two doors on the front. Each door has a couple of steps leading up to it. The doors are green, each with a three-pane transom window above it. A sign with the name of the building is high on the exterior wall, above and about halfway between the doors. A large bush is grown to the right of the building, obscuring the view of the windows along the side of the building. — Front of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

A dark red clapboard-sided building with two doors on the front. Each door has a couple of steps leading up to it. The doors are green, each with a three-pane transom window above it. A sign with the name of the building is high on the exterior wall, above and about halfway between the doors. Along the side of the building are three large windows with green shutters. Vines are growing up along the side of the building in some places. — Front and side view of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

exterior view of the large twelve-pane windows with green shutters — Windows along the side of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

a wooden ramp leads to the back entrance of a dark red clapboard-sided building — Back entrance of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

A large room painted yellow and white. It has dusty brown wooden floors. There are large windows along the exterior walls. Old radiators sit on the floor below each window. The ceiling is high and has historic-style lighting fixtures hanging from it. There are two built-in bookshelves along the interior wall. — Main room of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

Two built-in bookshelves along an interior wall, each with six shelves. The bookshelves go from the floor to the same height as the doorways. — Built-in bookshelves in main room of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

an electrical panel, a fire alarm pull, and other utility fixtures along one of the walls and in an adjacent small room — Utility area in Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

The upper part of the exterior wall, which is painted yellow and has three windows where the sunlight streams in. The ceiling is painted white and has three historic-style lighting fixtures hanging from it. — Ceiling and lighting fixtures in main room of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

A large room painted yellow and white. It has dusty brown wooden floors. There are three large windows along the exterior that have twelve panes each. Old radiators sit on the floor below each window. The ceiling is high and has historic lighting fixtures hanging from it. — Main room of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

A large room painted yellow and white. It has dusty brown wooden floors. Old radiators sit on the floor below the windows along the exterior walls. The ceiling is high and has historic-style lighting fixtures hanging from it. — Main room of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

a cabinet, a countertop with sink, and a window — Small kitchenette room in Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

small area of a dark red clapboard sided building, with focus on a green door with a three-pane transom window above it — Back entrance of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

an unpainted board on the side of the building with the date 1885 written on it — A historic section of clapboard siding on Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

a sign on the building reads, A.D. 1864 Conduit Road Schoolhouse — Sign on the Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

A faded address sign but the numbers are still legible. It reads 4954 — Address sign on Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

close-up view of an ornamental door knocker on a green door — Ornamental door knocker at Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

A white ornamental grate attached to a wall — Ornamental grate in Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

a dark green door with a large window and an ornamental knocker below the window — One of the front doors of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

a walking trail through a forested area — View of the park trail next to Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / E. Collins

A dark red clapboard-sided building with two doors on the front. Each door has a couple of steps leading up to it. The doors are green, each with a three-pane transom window above it. A sign with the name of the building is high on the exterior wall, above and about halfway between the doors. — Front view of Conduit Road Schoolhouse
NPS / A. Cook

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Last updated: June 13, 2025