H D Cooke Elementary School

H D Cooke Elementary School is a school in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on 17th Street Northwest. H D Cooke Elementary School is situated nearby to Inter-American Defense Board Building, as well as near the work of art Serenity.

Type: School
Also known as: “Cooke Elementary School” and “Cooke School”
Address: 2525 17th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meridian Hill Park and Inter-American Defense Board Building.

Meridian Hill Park

Park

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Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, is an urban park in Washington, D.C., located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood that straddles the border between Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

Inter-American Defense Board Building

Building

Photo: APK, CC BY 4.0.

The Pink Palace, also known as the Mrs. Marshall Field House and the Inter-American Defense Board, is a historic house located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 5, 1991. Inter-American Defense Board Building is situated 450 feet east of H D Cooke Elementary School.

Serenity

Work of art

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Serenity is a public artwork in Meridian Hill Park, an urban park in Washington, D.C. It was sculpted by Spanish-Catalan artist Josep Clarà, who created an identical version on display in Barcelona. Serenity is situated 940 feet southeast of H D Cooke Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Lanier Heights.

Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Lanier Heights

Neighborhood

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Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.