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A Survey of the Historic School Buildings in Georgetown: the West Georgetown School

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Last week GM began a new series, a survey of the historic school buildings of Georgetown. Today he continues with the second school building: the West Georgetown School.

West Georgetown School

1640 Wisconsin Ave.

Built: 1911

Architect: Snowden Ashford

Current Owner: American College of Surgeons

Current Use: Commercial Office Space

Brief Story: You wouldn’t think it was once a school from looking at it, but the elegant Neo-Georgian building at 1640 Wisconsin Ave. was once the West Georgetown School.

There were actually two West Georgetown Schools. Continue reading

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