The Ulysses S. Grant School is an historic high school, the home of the School Without Walls (Washington, D.C.) It is located at 2130 G Street

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, in the

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neighborhood.

History

The Late Victorian building was designed by John B. Brady in 1882, and is listed on the

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. On February 13, 2006 the D.C. City Council and the

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Board of Trustees approved a deal for $12 million to renovate and expand the school building, in exchange for transfer of the school's rear parking lot property to the university.

References

School buildings completed in 1882 Victorian architecture in Washington, D.C. School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub