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Park View School
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National Register of Historic Places

Park View School

Also known as Park View Elementary School; Bruce Monroe at Park View

On the National Register since 201313 years
Listed 2013Washington
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About Park View School

Park View School, at 3570 Warder St., NW., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2013. The Register lists it for its architecture and town planning, at the local level. It was listed as part of Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS. The listing covers 1.5 acres. Two more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isElementary school in Washington, DC. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Through the years

1916 to today

  1. 1916Built, designed by Snowden Ashford
  2. 2013Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 13 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 15 minutes

3570 Warder St., NW., Washington · about 0.5 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Park View SchoolStart here
  2. 2Park View Playground and Field HouseSite · next door
  3. 3Park View Christian ChurchBuilding · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Tenth Precinct Station HouseBuilding · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Bruce, Blanche Kelso, Elementary SchoolBuilt 1916 · 0.2 mi on
Around it

44 more Register listings within a mile

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

BHebrew Home for the Aged and Jewish Social Service AgencyBuilding0.4 miBBilly Simpson's House of Seafood and SteaksBuilt 19230.4 miBStandard Material Company-Gyro Motor CompanyBuilding0.6 miBWilson, James Ormand, Normal SchoolBuilt 19110.6 miBPotomac Electric Power Company Substation No. 13Building0.6 miBPark Road CourtsClassical Revival0.6 miBTruck Company FRenaissance Revival0.6 miBHilltop Manor (The Cavalier Apartment Building)French Renaissance Revival0.6 miBPetworth Branch LibraryBuilt 19390.6 miDGrant Circle Historic DistrictDistrict0.6 miBNational Home for Destitute Colored Women and ChildrenBuilt 18790.7 miBTrinity TowersGothic Moderne0.7 miBRiggs-Tompkins BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.7 miBKelsey Temple Church of God in ChristBuilding0.7 miBTwin Oaks Playground and Field HouseBuilding0.7 mi★U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's HomeGothic0.7 miDArmed Forces Retirement Home-WashingtonGothic Revival0.7 miBMacFarland Junior High SchoolBuilding0.7 mi
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BBanneker Recreation CenterBuilt 19340.8 mi★Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders LibraryEnglish Gothic Revival0.8 mi★Gen. Oliver Otis Howard HouseSecond Empire0.8 miBMiner Normal SchoolColonial Revival0.8 miBAlden, Babcock, Calvert ApartmentsColonial Revival0.8 miDMcMillan Park Reservoir Historic DistrictDistrict0.8 miBThe MaycroftClassical Revival0.8 miBEmbassy Building No. 10Chateauesque Style0.8 miOMarconi, Guglielmo, MemorialAcademic Abstraction · Built 19400.8 miOGibbons, James, CardinalNaturalism · Built 19320.8 miBPetworth GardensCraftsman0.8 miBRoosevelt, Theodore, Senior High SchoolBuilt 19320.8 miBOlympia ApartmentsLate Victorian0.9 mi★David White HouseBuilding0.9 miBLatin American Youth Center (LAYC)Building0.9 miOAsbury, Francis, MemorialNaturalism · Built 19190.9 miBBuildings at 1644-1666 Park Road NWColonial Revival0.9 miBWashington Railway and Electric Company GarageBuilding1 miBFirst African New ChurchGothic Revival1 miBClifton TerraceColonial Revival · Built 19151 miBEmbassy of Mexico-MacVeagh HouseBuilding1 miBAll Souls Church, UnitarianBuilding1 miBEarley, John Joseph HouseBuilding1 miDMount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)Victorian1 miBGrace Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding1 miBSt. Paul's Episcopal ChurchGeorgian · Built 17751 mi

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Questions about Park View School

Is Park View School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on May 1, 2013 (Register number 13000213).

Is Park View 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, 0.7 miles away.

Can you visit Park View School?

It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.

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