Randall Junior High School is an historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.

History

The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School. Singer

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attended Randall and graduated in 1954. The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center called Dix Street Academy until 1981. After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center. Randall-junior-school-2

In 2006, the

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purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million. 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. The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018, but did not do so. In 2022, the

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, a

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, 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. The museum opened in October 2022.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Middle schools in Washington, D.C. School buildings completed in 1906 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. 1906 establishments in Washington, D.C.