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| Property Name | Park View School |
| Reference Number | 13000213 |
| State | District of Columbia |
| County | Washington |
| Town | Washington |
| Street Address | 3570 Warder Street. NW, Washington, DC |
| Multiple Property Submission Name | Public School Buildings in the District of Columbia, 1862-1960 MPS |
| Status | Listed 05/01/2013 |
| Areas of Significance | ARCHITECTURE, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
| Link to full file | https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000213.pdf |
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| The Park View School was constructed in 1916 to provide a school for the Park View community. The Park View neighborhood, adjacent to the Old Soldiers' Home, originated in 1886 with the platting of a former estate known as Whitney Close into a residential subdivision. An explosion of rowhouse development in Park View came after 1904, and a new citizens' association formed in 1908. Development was so rapid that by 1910, the Park View Citizens' Association began demanding an elementary school for the neighborhood' s 600 children, most of whom were pupils at the Hubbard and Petworth Schools. Although it took several years, the Citizens' Association won a commitment for a twelve-room school, to serve some of the then 900 neighborhood children. In 1914, Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford began drawings for a sixteen-room school that was constructed and opened in 1916. The Park View School was designed in a Tudor Gothic style favored by Ashford, particularly for the city 's public school buildings. |
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Last Updated: 06/13/2011 1900 hrs