Randall Junior High School | |
Location | 65 I Street,
S.W. Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°52′45.48″N 77°0′39.18″W / 38.8793000°N 77.0108833°W |
Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Marsh & Peter |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
Restored | 2022 |
Restored by | Beyer Blinder Belle |
MPS | Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 08001205 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 2008 |
Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.
The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School. [2] Singer Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954. [3] The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center called Dix Street Academy until 1981. [4] [5] After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.
In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million. [6] 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. [7]
The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018, [8] [9] but did not do so. [10]
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. [11] The museum opened in October 2022. [12]