The Franklin School is a building designed by Adolf Cluss, located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street in Washington, DC. Built in 1869, the structure is currently unoccupied. Beginning in 2002, the building had been used as a homeless shelter, but the shelter was finally closed in September, 2008. The decision to close the shelter remains controversial.

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  • The Franklin School is a building designed by Adolf Cluss, located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street in Washington, DC. Built in 1869, the structure is currently unoccupied. Beginning in 2002, the building had been used as a homeless shelter, but the shelter was finally closed in September, 2008. The decision to close the shelter remains controversial. A small plaque on the building describes the building's place in the history of telecommunications, when a beam of light was first used to transmit sound waves using the photophone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
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  • The Franklin School is a building designed by Adolf Cluss, located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street in Washington, DC. Built in 1869, the structure is currently unoccupied. Beginning in 2002, the building had been used as a homeless shelter, but the shelter was finally closed in September, 2008. The decision to close the shelter remains controversial.
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