{"id":985,"date":"2008-04-18T23:17:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T04:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=985"},"modified":"2008-04-18T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T04:17:29","slug":"my-dc-sumner-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"my d.c.: sumner school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D.C. has a strong legacy as an African-American city, but in some areas of the city you have to go hunting for the remnants of it.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2339990666\/\" title=\"Sumner School by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2197\/2339990666_89d3d5d985.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Sumner School\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Charles Sumner School was built in 1872 as one of three public elementary schools for African American children in the city and graduated its first class five years later.<\/p>\n<p>Named for abolitionist Massachusetts Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=S001068\">Charles Sumner<\/a>, the building was designed by noted D.C. architect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adolf-cluss.org\/\">Adolf Cluss<\/a>. Noted for his use of brick, Cluss also designed Eastern Market; the Smithsonian&#8217;s National Portrait Museum and Arts and Industries Building; Foundry Methodist Church; and, possibly, the Marine Corps Barracks. The Sumner School won a design award at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exposeeum.de\/expo2000\/geschichte\/detail.php?wa_id=4&#038;lang=1&#038;s_typ=13\">1873 Vienna Exposition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sumner School, which stands at 17th and M streets in Farragut, was built on the site of another school for African Americans, which itself was constructed only in 1866 by the Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau. When it opened, Sumner was the city&#8217;s most modern school building.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2339989748\/\" title=\"Sumner School from 17th and M by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2216\/2339989748_c1d01794a4.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Sumner School from 17th and M\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By the the time it closed in 1978, the school had fallen into disrepair and was slated for demolition. A community effort saved the building, and a $5 million renovation allowed it to become the multi-use space it is today. The Sumner School now houses a museum on public education, the archives of the D.C. 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