National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Slater, John Fox, Elementary School
a.k.a. Slater-Langston School
45 P St., NW., Washington, DC Local significance of the building: Black; Architecture
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.