1375 Missouri Avenue, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
The Military Road School opened in 1864 here along what then was Military Road, an artery linking Civil War forts. The School was one of the first to open after Congress authorized public education for Washington's African Americans in 1862. Students were children of free blacks as well as formerly enslaved men and women who settled near Fort Stevens, a source of employment during the war (1861-1865). Others came from upper Northwest neighborhoods and nearby Montgomery County, Maryland. The Military Road School closed with desegregation in 1954, but its handsome "new" brick building, completed in 1911, continues as a venue for social and educational programs.| HM Number | HM1C45 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | DC Historic Preservation Office |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 12:42am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 323910 N 4314529 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.96205000, -77.03238333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 57.723', W 77° 1.943' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 57' 43.38" N, 77° 1' 56.58" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1331-1399 Military Rd NW, Washington DC 20011, US |
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