Alexander Crummell School - View this location on map This neighborhood public school stands like a small-town courthouse at the center of Ivy City. It has long been a focus of community life, supported by the Ivy City Citizens Association. The school was named in honor of Alexander Crummell, the noted African-American clergyman, activist, educator, and founder of the American Negro Academy. Built in 1911-12 as an eight-room schoolhouse (and expanded in 1932), the building typifies the freely adapted Elizabethan Revival inspiration favored by Snowden Ashford, the city s first Municipal Architect, before Colonial Revival designs became standard for the city s public schools. Kendall and Gallaudet Streets NE, Washington , DC Historical

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