Franklin School (Washington, D.C.)
- Franklin School (Washington, D.C.)
Infobox_nrhp | name =Franklin School
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= 13th and K Sts., NW., Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 8
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 47
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1865
architect= Cluss,Adolph
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= June 19, 1996[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1399&ResourceType=Building]
title=Franklin School |accessdate=2008-05-10|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 11, 1973[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/ |title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = Local
refnum=73002085The Franklin School is a building designed by Adolph Cluss located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street in Washington, DC. Built in 1869, the structure is currently unoccupied but has been used as a homeless shelter since 2002. [cite press release
title = Most Endangered Places
publisher = DC Preservation League
date = 2007-05-31
url = http://www.dcpreservation.org/in_the_news/Most_Endangered_Places_2007.pdf
accessdate = 2007-12-04 ]
A small plaque on the building describes the building's place in the history of telecommunications, when a beam of light was first used to transmit sound waves using the photophone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996.[citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73002085.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Franklin School / Benjamin Franklin Schoolhouse] |32 KB|date=December 31, 1994 |author=Tanya Edwards Beauchamp and Carolyn Pitts |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73002085.pdf "Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from c.1868, c. 1901, 1903, and 1995 and undated"] |32 KB] ]References
External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0113 Franklin School, Thirteenth & K Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 22 photos, 2 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey
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