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.
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  • 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.

Museum
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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. is situated 1,900 feet east of Ellington School of the Arts.

Historic building
The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in neighborhood of , 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. is situated 1,300 feet south of Ellington School of the Arts.

Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library located in the neighborhood of 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. is situated 1,200 feet east of Ellington School of the Arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Glover Park.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in ’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.

Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the and .

is a neighborhood in , south of and west of . It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Ellington School of the Arts

Latitude
38.91316° or 38° 54′ 47″ north
Longitude
-77.07019° or 77° 4′ 13″ west
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Open location code
87C4WW7H+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 105822340
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4138306
Wiki­data 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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