The S & R Foundation already owns two of the most impressive properties in Georgetown, and now they’re about to add a third. The arts and technology foundation has entered a contract to purchase the historic Fillmore School on 35th St.
This news was first reported by the Georgetowner yesterday. The newspaper indicated that the school would be used mostly as it is already being used, which is classroom and studio space:
[S & R Foundation] plans to use Fillmore as an arts incubator, which will serve as “a platform to grow talented artists in the fields of fine, visual and performing arts, maintaining the educational use of the building and its place as part of the vibrant arts landscape in the nation’s capital.”
This is great news. GM assumed the only possible use for the property was a residential conversion (and argued for a more dense development if it had to be residential). But keeping the building’s institutional and educational use is much better. The S & R Foundation has been a wonderful custodian of Evermay and the Halcyon House, and credit is due to the founders, Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno.
Students over one sort or another have been using this building for 122 years. It’s great to know that will continue for many more years to come.
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