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Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View

Coordinates: 38°56′04″N 77°1′16″W / 38.93444°N 77.02111°W / 38.93444; -77.02111
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Park View School
Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View is located in Washington, D.C.
Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View
Location3560 Warder Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°56′04″N 77°1′16″W / 38.93444°N 77.02111°W / 38.93444; -77.02111
Built1916
ArchitectSnowden Ashford
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
NRHP reference No.13000213 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 1, 2013

Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View is an elementary school in Washington, D.C.. It is located in the historic Park View School in the city's Park View neighborhood. It is part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The building was designed by architect Snowden Ashford in 1916. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites on May 24, 2012,[2] and added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2013.[3] The school continues to serve the community as an elementary school.

The origin of the school can be traced back to the efforts of the Park View Citizens' Association and their persistent appeal to Congress for funds to purchase the land and build a school for their growing neighborhood.[4] Ashford designed the school in his preferred style of Collegiate Gothic. Unusual for an elementary school, Ashford's design included a dedicated auditorium with a notable wooden truss that supports the auditorium roof.

Originally a 16 room structure, the school quickly became too small for the needs of the community. In 1920 the progressive platoon school model[further explanation needed] was adopted, unique in Washington, which helped address the school's space problem.[5] In 1931, two new wings were added to the building to again provide room for the growing enrollment.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ It’s Official, HPRB Approves Park View School Designation as a D.C. Historic Site.Park View, D.C. blog.
  3. ^ Park View School. National Register of Historic Places Program Web site, accessed June 2013.
  4. ^ Park View Children Want New School. The Washington Times, August 31, 1913, p. 3.
  5. ^ Platoon School Solves Lack of Space Problem. The Washington Post, January 11, 1925, p. AU6.
  6. ^ Boese, Kent C., with Lauri Hafvenstein. Park View. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2011. p. 47.


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