George Peabody School - View this location on map Notable example of the city's late-19th century municipal school design, prominently sited on Stanton Park; one of the city's oldest standing public school buildings; largest public school of its day; early home of Capitol Hill High School (later Eastern High School); named for banker and educational philanthropist George Peabody (before moving to Baltimore, Peabody was employed in the Georgetown dry goods store of Elisha Riggs); intended as L'Enfant School, renamed after residents protested mispronunciation as 'infant's school'; four stories, square in plan, red brick with multiple central pavilions, gable roofs; Romanesque Revival facades with bluestone banding and trim, corbelled cornices, arcaded penthouse; well-preserved interiors follow standard plan with penthouse auditorium; built 1879, design supervised by Thomas B. Entwistle, Inspector of Buildings 5th and C Streets, NE, Washington , DC Historical

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