Schools: Washington, District of Columbia, Southeast USA, USA, World

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Image	Location	Named For *	Architect *	Std	Prof	Tchr	Prin	Adm
	Abraham Lincoln School	Abraham "Abe" Lincoln		15		10	3	2
	Alexander Crummell School	Alexander Crummell, founder of the American Negro Academy	Snowden Ashford			6	2	1
	Alice Deal Jr High School	Alice R. Deal
	Andrew Jackson School	Andrew Jackson		7		10	4	1
	Anthony T. Hyde School	Anthony Hyde	Arthur Berthrong Heaton	30		8	2	1
	Armstrong Manual Training School	Samuel Chapman Armstrong	Waddy Butler Wood			105	3	12
	Benjamin Franklin School, Music	Benjamin Franklin	Adolf Cluss	66		51	3	2
	Berret School	James Gabriel Berret				19	1
	Blanche K. Bruce School	Blanche Kelso Bruce	William Mundy Poindexter			11	1	2
	Bliss Electrical School, and founder					17		1
	Brightwood Elementary School		Waddy Butler Wood
	Bundy School					2
	Catholic University, Caldwell Hall		Ephraim Francis Baldwin		22	11		5
	Central High School	Francis Lewis Cardozo	William Butts Ittner			154	5	41
	Charles Sumner School	Charles Sumner	Adolf Cluss	32		21	1	2
	Congress Heights School		Snowden Ashford	8		12	1	3
	Daniel Webster School	Daniel "The Orator" Webster	Edward Clark	28		24	2	2
	Dunbar High School					63	2	24
	Eastern High School		Snowden Ashford			39	4	8
	Elijah P. Lovejoy School	Elijah Parish Lovejoy				18	4	4
	Elizabeth G Randall School	Elizabeth G. Rnadall, principal	William Johnston Marsh			21	3	4
	Francis P. Blair School	Francis Preston Blair				11	2	2
	French Manual Training School	Benjamin Brown French	Snowden Ashford			6		1
	Gallaudet University	Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet	Frederick Clarke Withers Calvert Vaux		2	8		2
	George J. Abbot School	George Jacob Abbott		39		16	3	1
	George Peabody School	George Peabody	Edward Clark	48		29	2	2
	Georgetown University		Paul Johannes Pelz		121	107		38
	Hayes School	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	Charles Edward Burden	17			1
	Henry Addison School	Henry Addison				8	2	1
	High Street School						1
	Hillsdale School			5		8
	Howard University	Oliver Otis Howard			43	9		9
	James A. Logan School	John Alexander Logan	Nathan Corwith Wyeth			10	3	1
	James B. Edmonds School			22		9	2	1
	James Buchanan School	James Buchanan		30		12	2	1
	James Greenleaf School	James Greenleaf				15	1	1
	James Ormond Wilson Normal School	James Ormond Wilson	Snowden Ashford			39	2	12
	James Wormley School	James Thompson Wormley				9	1	1
	Janney School	Bernard Taylor Janney	Albert Lewis Harris
	Jesse Lee Reno School	Jesse Lee Reno	Snowden Ashford			4	2	1
	John Adams School	John Adams Jr.		28		9	3	1
	John Eaton School	John Eaton	Appleton Prentiss Clark	7		17	1	2
	John F. Cook School		Albert Lewis Harris	19		13	2	2
	John H. Ketcham School	John H. Ketcham, Civil Commissioner for the District of Columbia	Snowden Ashford			8	1	1
	John M. Langston School	John Mercer Langston	Appleton Prentiss Clark				2
	John W. Maury School	John Walker Maury	Edward Clark	15		12	3	2
	Joseph Gales School	Joseph Gales	Edward Clark	43		12	3	2
	Joshua R. Giddings School	Joshua Reed Giddings				11	2	1
	Josiah Dent School	Josiah Dent				8	1	1
	Langley School	Samuel Pierpont Langley
	Lucretia Mott School	Lucretia Coffin	Snowden Ashford	3		28	3	3
	M Street Jr High School	Leon Leroy Perry	Edward Clark			58	2	2
	Madison School	James Madison Jr.				1	2
	Matthew G. Emery School	Matthew Gault Emery				18	1	2
	McCormick School	Hugh McCormick				7	1
	McKinley Manual Training School	William McKinley				97	3	14
	Military Road School		Snowden Ashford			3	1	1
	Millard Fillmore School	Millard Fillmore				8	2	1
	Miner Normal School	Myrtilla Miner	Snowden Ashford Carl Emil Leon Dessez			49	3	9
	Nathaniel P. Gage School	Nathaniel Parker Gage	Lemuel Watson Norris			18	1	1
	National War College							1
	Naval Medical School
	Peter Force School	Peter Force		82		31	3	2
	Petworth School					26	2	3
	Phelps School	Seth Ledyard Phelps		15		2	2
	Pierce School	Franklin Pierce		27			2
	Potomac School					8	1
	Randle Highlands School		Snowden Ashford	12		6	2	1
	Richard Wallach School	Richard Wallach	Adolf Cluss	57		48	6	3
	Ross Elementary School	John Wesley Ross	Edward Clark
	Samuel G. Wheatley School	Samuel Edwin Wheatley	Albert Lewis Harris Appleton Prentiss Clark			16	1	3
	Samuel Morse School	Samuel Finley Breese Morse		19		59	2	2
	Samuel N. Smallwood School	Samuel Nicholas Smallwood				19	3	4
	Shaw Jr High School	Robert Gould Shaw II
	Slater Elementary School	John Fox Slater	Edward Clark			21	2	2
	Smothers Elementary School	Henry Smothers, Founder of one of the first, and longest operating, schools for black students	Albert Lewis Harris			3	2	1
	St Thomas Paulist College
	Strong John Thomson School	Strong John Thomson	William Johnston Marsh Snowden Ashford			18	1	7
	Takoma School					15	1	2
	Thaddeus Stevens School	Thaddeus Stevens		28		28	2	3
	Thomas Corcoran School	Thomas Corcoran		11		14	1	1
	Thomas D. Bryan School	Thomas Barbour Bryan				16	2	3
	Thomas H. Carbery School	Thomas Carbery				9	3	1
	Thomas Jefferson School	Thomas Jefferson	Adolf Cluss	65		45	4
	Threlkeld School	John Threlkeld				7	3	1
	Towers School	John Thomas Towers		27		1	2
	Ulysses S. Grant School	Ulysses Simpson Grant	John Bernard Brady	6		12	2	2
	Walter Lenox School			10		11	2	1
	Wendell Phillips School	Wendell Phillips				8	4	2
	Western High School		Snowden Ashford			40	2	7
	William B. Magruder School	William Beans Magruder				10	2	1
	William Cranch School	William Cranch	Adolf Cluss			21	3	1
	William Curtis School	William Curtis, President of the Board of Trustees of DC Public Schools	Adolf Cluss	39		17	3	2
	William Henry Harrison School	William Henry Harrison				1	2	1
	William Seaton School	William Winston Seaton	Adolf Cluss	40		40	3	2
	William Syphax School	William Syphax	William Johnston Marsh Nathan Corwith Wyeth Walter Gibson Peter			12	2	2
	Woods Commercial School
	Alexander Grahm Bell High School	Alexander Graham Bell	Snowden Ashford
	Alexander Hamilton School	Alexander Hamilton					3	1
	Alfred Jones School					9	2	1
	American University, Hurst Hall		Henry Van Brunt		5			6
	Analostan School			22		1
	Andrew Johnson School	Andrew Johnson				12	1	2
	Anthony Bowen School					7	1	1
	Bancroft Elementary School	George Bancroft	Albert Lewis Harris
	Benjamin Banneker School			7		11	3	1
	Blunt School						1
	Brightwood Park School					6	1	1
	Brightwood School					6	1	1
	Brookland School					12	1	2
	Bunker Hill Road School						1	1
	Burrville School					9	2	3
	Business High School					84	1	11
	Chain Bridge Road School						1	1
	Charles E. Hilton School	Charles E. Hilton				9	1	1
	Charles F. Powell School	Charles Francis Powell	Carl Emil Leon Dessez	45		21	3	3
	Charles W. Raymond School	Charles Walker Raymond	Albert Lewis Harris
	Chester A. Arthur School	Chester Alan Arthur				9	3	1
	Columbia Jr High School
	Conduit Road School						1	1
	Daniel A. Payne School					8	1	1
	Deanwood School					14	2	2
	Dunbarton Academy					1
	Eckington School					11	1	1
	Edwin L. Stanton School					1	1	1
	Elizabeth V. Brown School					20	1	2
	Enoch Ambush School					9	1	1
	Fort Slocum School						1	1
	Francis L. Cardozo Manual Training School	Francis Lewis Cardozo				7	1	1
	Frederick Douglas School	Frederick Douglass				17	1	6
	Friends Select School					3
	Gardiner G. Hubbard School	Gardiner Greene Hubbard				11	1	1
	Garfield School	James Abram Garfield	William Sidney Pittman			6	2	2
	Garnet School			11		40	4	6
	Garnett-Patterson School	Henry Highland Garnet, Abolitionist minister, & James W. Patterson, U.S. Senator	Albert Lewis Harris
	George Bell School					11	1	1
	George Washington Carver School		Snowden Ashford
	George Washington University	George Washington		3	105	37	2	26
	George Washington University Hospital
	Georgetown University Law School							2
	Georgetown, Clinton Academy						1
	Grover Cleveland School	Grover Cleveland	Snowden Ashford			11	2	3
	Henry Cooke School	Henry David Cooke	Walter Gibson Peter	30		23	3	3
	Henry R. Montgomery School					9	1	1
	Henry T. Blow School	Henry Taylor Blow				7	1	1
	Henry Wilson School	Jeremiah Jones Colbath				10	1	1
	High School					30	3
	Industrial Home School					4	2
	Isaac Fairbrother School	Isaac Fairbrother				7	1	1
	James G. Birney School	James Gillespie Birney				16	2	4
	James H. Blake School	James Heighe Blake		18		10	2	1
	James K. Polk School	James Knox Polk					2
	James Monroe School	James Monroe				16	2	2
	John Meredith Toner School					8	1	1
	John P. Van Ness School	John Peter Van Ness				8	1	1
	John R. Francis High School		Albert Lewis Harris
	John Tyler School	John Tyler IV				10	2	2
	John W. Ross School	John Wesley Ross				7	1
	Joseph Henry School	Joseph Henry	Adolf Cluss	53		23	5	3
	Joseph R. West School	Joseph Rodman West				15	1	2
	Key Elementary School	Francis Scott Key	Albert Lewis Harris
	Langdon School					13	1	3
	Ludlow School						1
	Margaret Amidon School					27	3	6
	Margaret Murray Washington School	Margaret James Murray	Snowden Ashford
	Martha B. Briggs School					11	1	1
	Martin Van Buren School	Martin Van Buren				8	1	2
	McDonald-Ellis School					1	3
	Miller School					8
	Miss Madeiras School					4
	Mt Pleasant School			11		5	1
	Murch Elementary School	Ben W. Murch, Supervising Principal, 1st and 2nd Divisions	Albert Lewis Harris
	National Cathedral School					10	2
	National University				6			3
	Normal School					3	1
	Northeast Industrial School					3		1
	O Street Manual Training School					10	1	1
	Old Central High School					1	1
	Park View Elementary School		Snowden Ashford
	Park View School					32	2	6
	Portable Schools					5	1	1
	Reservoir School					3	1	1
	Rittenhouse Academy					3	1
	Robert Brent School	Robert Brent				8	4	1
	Roger G. Weightman School	Roger Chew Weightman		23		9	2	1
	Shepherd Elementary School	Alexander Robey Shepherd	Albert Lewis Harris
	Stoddert Elementary School	Benjamin Stoddert	Albert Lewis Harris
	Stuart-Hobson Middle School	Alexander Tait Stuart, Superintendent of DC Public Schools, & Julius W. Hobson, DC Councilmember	Albert Lewis Harris
	Taft Jr High School	William Howard Taft	Albert Lewis Harris
	Taylor School	Zachary Taylor				1	2
	Tenley School					9	1	3
	Tenleytown School			4		1	2
	Thomas P. Morgan School					9	1	1
	Washington, Western Academy						1
	Western Academy	George Washington				311	39	4455
	Whittier Elementary School	John Greenleaf Whittier	Ward Brown
	William A. Bradley School	William Albert Bradley		16		7	3	1
	William Benning School					4	1	1
	William Dennison School	William Dennison Jr.		63		18	4	2
	William J. Twining School	William Johnson Twining		28		12	2	1
	William Lloyd Garrison School	William Lloyd Garrison				12	1	2
	Wisconsin Ave Manual Training School					2		1
	Woodburn School					3	1	1
Totals				1234	304	3,002	340	4908

General Sources:

• Nothing More Powerful: Who DC's Schools are Named For
• DC Inventory of Historic Sites
• History and Heritage of DC Public Schools
• Historic Schools in Washington DC
• Mapping Every School-to-Home Conversion in Washington, D.C.
• Future of DC's Endangered Old and Historic Schools
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Report of the Schoolhouse Commission... in the District of Columbia

Historical Records Sources:

• Manual of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia, 1920-1921   (2389)
• DC Grade School Graduates, 1889   (825)
• DC School Graduates, 1914   (447)
• Georgetown university in the District of Columbia, 1789-1907   (186)
• Report of the BOE to Commissioners of District of Columbia   (176)
• George Washington University Alumni, 1918   (93)
• Report of the BOE to DC, 1894   (80)
• Charles Sumner Museum & Archives   (71)
• Report of the BOE to DC, 1914   (63)
• Report of the Board of DC Public Schools, 1873-4   (60)
• Georgetown University Alumni Directory 1789-1912   (57)
• Who's Who in the Nation's Capital   (54)
• Johns Hopkins Directory 1876-1926   (51)
• American Men [and Women] of Science; a Biographical Directory   (38)
• McKinley Manual Training School, 1914   (25)
• Report of the BOE to DC, 1901   (25)
• Pattersons American Educational Directory, 1920   (25)
• Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography   (23)
• Central High School Yearbook, 1906   (18)
• Polks Medical Register of North America, 1890   (17)
• Directory of Alumni and Non-graduates, Goucher College   (17)
• Business High School Yearbook, 1907   (14)
• Bliss Electrical School   (14)
• Wellesley College General Catalog 1875-1912   (12)
• George Washington University   (12)
• Business High School Yearbook, 1917   (11)
• American College and Public School Directory   (10)
• Smith College Catalogue 1875-1910   (10)
• Ministerial Directory of Baptist Churches -1899   (8)
• Vassar College Fourth General Catalogue, 1861-1910   (8)
• Whos Who in Library Service   (8)
• Alumni directory, the University of Chicago, 1919   (8)
• American Art Annual, 1916   (7)
• Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, 1911   (7)
• Addresses and proceedings - National Education Association   (7)
• Naturalists Directory, 1898   (7)
• Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Catalogue, 1910   (5)
• Bowdoin Catalogue 1794-1916   (5)
• Medical Annals of Maryland, 1799-1899   (4)
• Historical Catalog, Brown University 1764-1894   (4)
• Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949   (4)
• Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, 1921   (4)
• Alumni and students of Lehigh University   (3)
• University of Wisconsin Alumni Diectory 1849-1911   (3)
• Register of New York State Library School   (3)
• Medical and surgical directory of the US, 1886   (3)
• Middlebury College Catalog 1800-1889   (3)
• Union Theological Seminary (NY) Catalog 1836-1926   (3)
• Biographical catalogue of Lafayette college, 1832-1912   (3)
• Andover Theological Seminary Catalogue 1808-1908   (3)