Charles Sumner School - View this location on map One of three post-Civil War black schools, named in honor of Charles Sumner, Massachusetts Senator and ardent abolitionist who attempted unsuccessfully to ban segregated schools and public facilities in city; temporary home of the M Street High School; awarded medal for design at 1873 Vienna Exposition; headquarters for Superintendent and Board of Trustees for Colored Public Schools of Washington and Georgetown; 'modernized Norman' style; built 1871-72, Adolph Cluss, architect; renovated 1984-85. 17th and M Streets, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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