Brightwood in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Military Road School
1375 Missouri Avenue, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 18, 2013
1. Military Road School Marker
Inscription.
Military Road School. 1375 Missouri Avenue, NW. 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.
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.
Location. 38° 57.724′ N, 77° 1.943′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Brightwood. Marker is on Missouri Avenue Northwest east of 14th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1375 Missouri Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20011, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Close-up of photo on marker Collection of Patricia Tyson
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 18, 2013
4. Military Road School
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 18, 2013
5. L A M B
Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School in the modern addition behind The Military Road School at 1375 Missouri Avenue N.W.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, May 18, 2013
6. Architectural Detail
Over the front door at Military Road School
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 889 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on March 21, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 28, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.