LinkLinks DCist: A Developer Badly Damaged This Historic Site. It’s Still Unclear Why The City Didn’t Step In Sooner By Editor On Jan 15, 2019 30 Share There are only 18 buildings in the entire District of Columbia with as much historical preservation protection as the Franklin School, a stately and beautiful building on K Street NW erected in 1869 as the District’s first high school. Both the outer facade and much of the interior are historically protected under D.C. law, meaning there’s a long and arduous permitting process required before anyone is allowed to demolish or alter them (getting these permits approved is no walk in the park, and generally there has to be some reason “necessary in the public interest”). The site is also a National Historic Landmark. DC CouncilDC Department of Consumer and Regulatory AffairsFranklin Schoolhistoric preservationStop-Work Order 30 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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