National Training School for Boys

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National Training School for Boys
Opened 1876
Closed 1968
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Cottage Plan
Location District of Columbia
Alternate Names




History[edit]

The National Training School for Boys was a federal juvenile detention center for boys under seventeen, located in the Fort Lincoln area of Washington, DC. In 1935-37, WPA labor was used to “Landscape and improve grounds at National Training School for Boys; Enlarge and improve athletic fields at National Training School for Boys; Improve grounds at the National Training School for Boys, including terracing, sloping banks, cutting, filling, and grading, seeding, constructing structures for gully control, and performing appurtenant work; for erosion control and utilization…” The school was closed down in May 1968.

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