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Western High School in 1919

Published May 7, 2019

Back then it was called Western High School. Washington had that school north of Georgetown, Eastern High School near Capitol Hill and Central High School just north of U St.

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Back then it was called Western High School. Washington had that school north of Georgetown, Eastern High School near Capitol Hill and Central High School just north of U St. Today, it’s the Duke Ellington School of Arts.

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured
and tagged 1910s, Western High School

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