Dunbar High School
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a historically Black public secondary school located in Washington, D.C. The school was America's first public high school for Black students.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: public secondary school located in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Dunbar Senior High School”, “Paul Laurence Dunbar High School”, and “Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School”
- Address: 101 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capital One Arena and National Gallery of Art.
Capital One Arena
Stadium
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Dunbar High School.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1¼ miles south of Dunbar High School.
National Postal Museum
Museum
The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., is the primary postal museum of the United States. It covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries. National Postal Museum is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Dunbar High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include NoMa and Shaw.
NoMa
Neighborhood
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NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Shaw
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Shaw is a neighborhood in north-central Washington D.C. just east of Dupont Circle and south of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights. Although it has a diverse population, Shaw is distinctive from the adjacent areas due to its African-American heritage.
Eckington
Neighborhood
Eckington is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located south of the Prospect Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries. Eckington is less than one mile southeast of Howard University and exactly one mile north of the United States Capitol.
Dunbar High School
- Categories: public school, high school, and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90791° or 38° 54′ 29″ northLongitude
-77.01401° or 77° 0′ 50″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Named after
Paul Laurence DunbarOpen location code
87C4WX5P+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 395651303OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Dunbar High School” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դանբարի ավագ դպրոց”
- Catalan: “Dunbar High School”
- Hebrew: “תיכון דנבר”
- Japanese: “ダンバー高校”
- Swedish: “Dunbar High School”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Uwchradd Dunbar”
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