Shepherd Elementary School
Shepherd Elementary School is a school in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Shepherd Elementary School is situated nearby to the synagogue Ohev Sholom Congregation, as well as near the neighborhood Shepherd Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ohev Sholom Congregation and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Ohev Sholom Congregation
Synagogue
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Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah. Ohev Sholom Congregation is situated 830 feet west of Shepherd Elementary School.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
Library
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Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Shepherd Elementary School.
Lowell School
School
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Lowell School is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood near Shepherd Park Washington, D.C. The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel. Lowell School is situated 1,300 feet west of Shepherd Elementary School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Colonial Village.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.
Colonial Village
Neighborhood
Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
North Portal Estates
Neighborhood
North Portal Estates is an affluent residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. that forms the northernmost corner of the District of Columbia. North Portal Estates is bounded by North Portal Drive to the south, East Beach Drive to the west and northwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.
Shepherd Elementary School
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Shepherd School”
- Category: education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98476° or 38° 59′ 5″ northLongitude
-77.03417° or 77° 2′ 3″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
87C4XXM8+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 48207507OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4140469
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