Randall Junior High School

Randall Junior High School
Randall Junior High School in 2022 following renovation
Randall Junior High School is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Randall Junior High School
Randall Junior High School is located in the District of Columbia
Randall Junior High School
Randall Junior High School is located in the United States
Randall Junior High School
Location65 I Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°52′45.48″N 77°0′39.18″W / 38.8793000°N 77.0108833°W / 38.8793000; -77.0108833
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectMarsh & Peter
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Restored2022
Restored byThe Christman Company
MPSPublic School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS
NRHP reference No.08001205[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 2008

Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.

History

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The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School.[2] Singer Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954.[3] The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center called Dix Street Academy until 1981.[4][5] After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.

Randall Junior High School in 2011, prior to renovation

In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million.[6] The initial redevelopment with developer Monument Realty LLC fell through. In 2010, a Telesis/Rubell group bought the property for $6.5 million and planned to redevelop the property beginning in 2012.[7]

The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018,[8][9] but did not do so.[10]

In 2022, the Rubell Museum, a Miami-based private contemporary art museum, announced the opening of a second museum location, to be sited in the Randall School building. The museum owners purchased the property and renovated the main school building for the new museum, adding a multi-story apartment building next to the original structure.[11] The museum opened in October 2022.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth G. Randall Junior High School (Cardozo School) - Built in 1906, the Randall School represents an important era in African American education in DC". DC Historic Sites. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ Williams, Elliot (May 16, 2019). "You Can See Marvin Gaye as a Dapper Teenager at the DC History Center". Washingtonian. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ Stevens, Joann (1979-05-24). "34 D.C. Valedictorians Lauded". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Deborah D. (August 1996). "Perceptions of Administrators and Teachers Regarding the Relevancy and Frequency of Occurrence of Program Characteristics of Alternative High School Programs in North Carolina". Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
  6. ^ Jacqueline Trescott (November 30, 2006). "Corcoran Seals $6.2 Million Deal For Randall School". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ Capps, Kriston (Feb 18, 2010). "The Rubells Capitalize in DC". Art in America. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ^ Tierney Plumb (February 17, 2010). "Corcoran Gallery finds development partner for Randall School". Washington Business Journal.
  9. ^ Michael Neibauer (September 27, 2010). "Southwest D.C.'s Randall School bags new developer — again". Washington Business Journal.
  10. ^ "Rubells' Washington, DC museum is taking shape". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. December 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "This Art World Power Couple Will Open Their D.C. Museum This Fall". DCist. WAMU. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  12. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (October 28, 2022). "Miami Collectors Shake Up a D.C. Schoolhouse". The New York Times. Vol. 172, no. 59590. p. C1. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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