Ellington School of the Arts
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education.Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: School
- Description: high school in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “DESA”, “Duke Ellington School of the Arts”, and “Western High School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dumbarton Oaks Estate and Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.
Dumbarton Oaks Estate
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 1,900 feet east of Ellington School of the Arts.
Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building
Historic building
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell. The Volta Laboratory was founded in 1880–1881 with Charles Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin, Chichester Bell, for the research and development of telecommunication, phonograph and other technologies. Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building is situated 1,300 feet south of Ellington School of the Arts.
District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Established by an Act of Congress in 1934, the library houses the collection of its predecessor Peabody Library, which was founded in 1872 by a donation of George Peabody. District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch is situated 1,200 feet east of Ellington School of the Arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burleith and Glover Park.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.
Georgetown
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Ellington School of the Arts
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91316° or 38° 54′ 47″ northLongitude
-77.07019° or 77° 4′ 13″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
87C4WW7H+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 105822340OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4138306Wikidata ID
Q15215303
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Ellington School of the Arts” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Duke Ellington School of the Arts”
- Chinese: “艾靈頓公爵藝術學院”
- French: “Duke Ellington School of the Arts”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר לאמנויות דיוק אלינגטון”
- Japanese: “デューク・エリントン芸術学校”
- Swedish: “Duke Ellington School of the Arts”
- Urdu: “ڈیوک ایلنگٹن اسکول آف آرٹس”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈیوک ایلنگٹن اسکول آف آرٹس”
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