Park View School
- Architect
- Snowden Ashford
- Year
- 1916
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
Designed in 1916 by Snowden Ashford, the District's municipal architect, in his preferred Collegiate Gothic style, Park View School was built after the Park View Citizens' Association spent years petitioning Congress to fund a school for the neighborhood's children. Unusual for an elementary school, Ashford's design included a full auditorium with a notable wooden roof truss. The 16-room building quickly proved too small, and since 2008 it has housed the bilingual Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View.
the building
Auditorium truss. Ashford gave the school a dedicated auditorium supported by a notable wooden truss roof, an unusual amenity for an elementary school of the period.
the style
Ashford worked in the Collegiate Gothic mode he favored, bringing Gothic Revival vocabulary usually reserved for university buildings to an elementary school.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Snowden Ashford served as the District of Columbia's municipal architect in the early twentieth century; Park View School, designed in 1916, reflects his preferred Collegiate Gothic style.
significance
Listed on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites in 2012 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
nearby
- Blanche Kelso Bruce Elementary School
- Petworth Neighborhood Library
- James Ormond Wilson Normal School
- Tivoli Theatre
- President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
- Kelsey Temple Church of God in Christ