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John Fox Slater Elementary School is an historic structure located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The two-story brick building was designed by Edward Clark and completed in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
When Slater was annexed to the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School in 1951, Langston continued as an elementary school. The school was generally overcrowded before the Supreme Court's 1954 decision banning school segregation.
Built during the era of Washington’s segregated educational system, the red-brick Romanesque revival style structure is virtually identical to a contemporary elementary school built in Georgetown for white students. Completed in 1891, Slater was overcrowded soon after it opened.
John Clarke Slater (December 22, 1900 – July 25, 1976) was an American physicist who advanced the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids. He also made major contributions to microwave electronics.
John Fox Slater Elementary School is a purpose-built public school building constructed in 1891 for African-American students. Built when public education was segregated by race, it forms part of a complex of black schools along First Street, NW between Land P Streets.
The John Fox Slater Elementary School is a former school building in Washington, D.C. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Built when public education was segregated by race, it forms part of a complex of black schools along First Street, NW between Land P Streets. The school is named for John Fox Slater (1815-1884), a white industrialist and philanthropist from Rhode Island.
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