Picturesque Washington- pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government (14769926491)

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Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence : J.A. & R.A. Reid



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year. Thereare twenty-four prominent school buildings, most of which are inWashington, and a number of smaller ones. The large buildingswere erected at an expenditure of many thousands of dollars, andare considered models of school architecture. They have every ap-proved appliance and convenience, and will accommodate largenumbers of pupils. The schools of Washington, up to 1864, were very poor and in-adequate. In that year the Wallach School, a fine, spacious brickbuilding, was erected on Pennsylvania Avenue, between Seventh andEighth streets southeast. It was named after Richard Wallach, whowas mayor of the city from 1862 to 1868. Other large and suitablebuildings followed, and great attention was paid to educational mat-ters, nothing being left undone which would make the school sj^stemequal to that of any city of the country. Washingtonians now pointwith proper pride to their splendid school buildings and admirablesystem of education, which furnishes equal advantages to white and
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THE WINDOM MANSION. 258 PICTURESQUE WASHINGTON. colored children. Nearly thirty thousand pupils are enrolled in theschools. The Franklin School is the finest of the school buildings, althoughsome of the others approximate it in elegance of design. It is alarge brick edifice, with three stories and a basement, and containsfourteen school-rooms. It stands on the corner of Thirteenth and Kstreets northwest, opposite a beautiful park, and in a locality filledwith costly residences. The High School, on O Street northwest; the Seaton School, onI Street northwest; and the Jefferson School, on Sixth Street south-west, are imposing buildings. The latter is the largest school build-ing in the city, having ample accommodations for twelve hundredscholars. There are six prominent colored schools, the most notableof which are the Sumner School, corner of Seventeenth and M streetsnorthwest, and the Lincoln School, corner of Second and C streetssoutheast. The former was erected at a cost of $70,000,