Slater, John Fox, School
- Architect
- Edward Clark
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- romanesque revival
The John Fox Slater School is a two-story brick school in Truxton Circle, designed by Edward Clark and completed in 1891 for Washington's segregated African American public school system. It was named for John Fox Slater, a white industrialist and philanthropist from Rhode Island, and was immediately at capacity when it opened.
the building
Slater-Langston schools. The John Mercer Langston School was built next door to relieve overcrowding at Slater. From the late 1910s the two schools shared a principal, Anna E. Thompson, and were referred to jointly as Slater-Langston.
the style
Romanesque Revival (c. 1840–1900): Round arches revived in heavy rough-cut stone: squat columns, cave-like entrances, and deep-set windows.
More on Romanesque Revivalsignificance
The John Fox Slater School is a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0669) and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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