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National Register of Historic Places

MacFarland Junior High School

On the National Register since 20188 years
Listed 2018Washington
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About MacFarland Junior High School

MacFarland Junior High School, at 4400 Iowa Ave. NW, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 3, 2018. The Register lists it for its architecture, town planning and education, at the local level. It was listed as part of Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS. The listing covers 2 acres. Two more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

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4400 Iowa Ave. NW, Washington · about 0.8 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1MacFarland Junior High SchoolStart here
  2. 2Roosevelt, Theodore, Senior High SchoolBuilt 1932 · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Petworth Branch LibraryBuilt 1939 · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Billy Simpson's House of Seafood and SteaksBuilt 1923 · 0.2 mi on
  5. 5Grant Circle Historic DistrictDistrict · 0.3 mi on
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31 more Register listings within a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BTwin Oaks Playground and Field HouseBuilding0.3 miBCapital Traction Company Car BarnBuilding0.4 miBHebrew Home for the Aged and Jewish Social Service AgencyBuilding0.5 miBGrace Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding0.5 miBHilltop Manor (The Cavalier Apartment Building)French Renaissance Revival0.7 miBPark View SchoolBuilt 19160.7 miSPark View Playground and Field HouseSite0.7 miBTenth Precinct Station HouseBuilding0.8 miBPark View Christian ChurchBuilding0.8 miOGibbons, James, CardinalNaturalism · Built 19320.8 miBPetworth GardensCraftsman0.8 miBThe Homestead ApartmentsBuilding0.8 miBPark Road CourtsClassical Revival0.9 miBTruck Company FRenaissance Revival0.9 miBRiggs-Tompkins BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.9 miBKelsey Temple Church of God in ChristBuilding0.9 miOMarconi, Guglielmo, MemorialAcademic Abstraction · Built 19400.9 mi★U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's HomeGothic0.9 mi
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DArmed Forces Retirement Home-WashingtonGothic Revival0.9 miBSt. Paul's Episcopal ChurchGeorgian · Built 17750.9 miDWashington Heights Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.9 miSRock Creek Church Yard and CemeteryBuilt 17190.9 miBHampshire Garden Apartment BuildingsTudor Revival0.9 miBBruce, Blanche Kelso, Elementary SchoolBuilt 19161 miBEmbassy Building No. 10Chateauesque Style1 miDMount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)Victorian1 miBBuildings at 1644-1666 Park Road NWColonial Revival1 miOAdams MemorialBuilt 18911 miStBoulder Bridge and Ross Drive BridgeStructure1 miBBuildings at 5000–5040 New Hampshire Avenue, NWBuilding1 miBJost-Kuhn HouseBuilding1 mi

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Questions about MacFarland Junior High School

Is MacFarland Junior High School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 3, 2018 (Register number 100003212).

Is MacFarland Junior High School a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, 0.9 miles away.

Can you visit MacFarland Junior High School?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026). Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.