Randall Junior High School
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Randall Junior High School
| nrhp_type =
| image = Randall Junior High School 2022 - Rubell Museum DC.jpg
| caption = Randall Junior High School in 2022 following renovation
| location = 65 I Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
| coordinates = {{coord|38|52|45.48|N|77|0|39.18|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = United States Washington, D.C. central#Washington, D.C.#USA
| built = 1906
| architect = Marsh & Peter
| architecture = Colonial Revival
| added = December 22, 2008
| area = {{convert|2.7|acre}}
| mpsub = Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS
| refnum = 08001205{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| restored = 2022
| restored_by = The Christman Company
}}
Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.
History
The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its {{convert|80,000|sqft|adj=on|abbr=on}} size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School.{{cite web |title=Elizabeth G. Randall Junior High School (Cardozo School) - Built in 1906, the Randall School represents an important era in African American education in DC. |url=https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/497 |publisher=DC Historic Sites |access-date=14 December 2020 |language=en}} Singer Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954.{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Elliot |title=You Can See Marvin Gaye as a Dapper Teenager at the DC History Center |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/16/marvin-gaye-class-photo-randall-school-dc-history-center/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=Washingtonian |date=May 16, 2019}} The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center called Dix Street Academy until 1981.{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Joann |date=1979-05-24 |title=34 D.C. Valedictorians Lauded |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/05/24/34-dc-valedictorians-lauded/07eee31f-1b95-406b-a58d-19c9339b1bad/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite journal |last=Wiseman |first=Deborah D. |date=August 1996 |title=Perceptions of Administrators and Teachers Regarding the Relevancy and Frequency of Occurrence of Program Characteristics of Alternative High School Programs in North Carolina |url=https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=4391&context=etd |journal=Electronic Theses and Dissertations}} After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.
File:Randall-junior-school-2.jpg
In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112901463.html |title=Corcoran Seals $6.2 Million Deal For Randall School|author=Jacqueline Trescott|work=The Washington Post|date=November 30, 2006}} 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.{{cite news|last=Capps|first=Kriston|title=The Rubells Capitalize in DC|url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/the-rubells-scoop-up-a-contemporary-museum/|accessdate=27 February 2014|newspaper=Art in America|date=Feb 18, 2010}}
The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018,{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/02/15/daily45.html|title=Corcoran Gallery finds development partner for Randall School |work= Washington Business Journal |author=Tierney Plumb |date=February 17, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/09/27/story15.html|title=Southwest D.C.'s Randall School bags new developer — again |work=Washington Business Journal |author=Michael Neibauer |date=September 27, 2010}} but did not do so.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/01/rubells-washington-dc-museum-is-taking-shape|title=Rubells’ Washington, DC museum is taking shape|date=December 2, 2021|website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}
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.{{cite web |title=This Art World Power Couple Will Open Their D.C. Museum This Fall |url=https://dcist.com/story/22/05/11/new-rubell-museum-free-dc-residents/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511174430/https://dcist.com/story/22/05/11/new-rubell-museum-free-dc-residents/ |url-status=live |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |website=DCist |publisher=WAMU |access-date=18 June 2022}} The museum opened in October 2022.{{Cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Miami Collectors Shake Up a D.C. Schoolhouse |language=en-US |volume=172 |page=C1 |work=The New York Times |issue=59590 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/design/rubell-museum-washington.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |issn=0362-4331}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110312050745/http://readysetdc.com/2010/03/a-new-artistic-pulse-at-the-randall-school/ ReadysetDC | Creative. Urban. Lifestyle.]
- [http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2010/01/corcoran-college-of-art-and-design-is.html New Development Potential for Corcoran's Randall School]
- [http://millenniumartscenter.org/ The Millennium Arts Center]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Middle schools in Washington, D.C.
Category:School buildings completed in 1906
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.