| Randall Junior High School | |
| Location: | 65 I Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates: | 38.8793°N -77.0109°W |
| Built: | 1906 |
| Architect: | Marsh & Peter |
| Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
| Added: | December 22, 2008 |
| Mpsub: | Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS |
| Refnum: | 08001205 |
| Restored: | 2022 |
| Restored By: | Beyer Blinder Belle |
Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.
The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its 80000square feet size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School.[1] Singer Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954.[2] The school closed in 1978. Then it became a high school career development center called Dix Street Academy until 1981.[3] [4] After that, it served as a homeless shelter until 2004, and as artist's studios, the Millenium Arts Center.
In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million.[5] The initial redevelopment with developer Monument Realty LLC fell through. In 2010, a Telesis/Rubell group bought the property for $6.5 million and planned to redevelop the property beginning in 2012.[6]
The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018,[7] [8] but did not do so.[9]
In 2022, the Rubell Museum, a Miami-based private contemporary art museum, announced the opening of a second museum location, to be sited in the Randall School building. The museum owners purchased the property and renovated the main school building for the new museum, adding a multi-story apartment building next to the original structure.[10] The museum opened in October 2022.[11]