Education of Colored Youth" and named Henry Addison, John C. Underwood, George C. Abbott, William H. Channing, Nancy M. Johnson, and Myrtella Miner as directors. From 1871 to 1876 the school was associated with Howard University. In 1879, as Miner Normal School, it became part of the District of Columbia public school system. 20th century In 1929 an act of the U.S. Congress accredited it as Miner Teachers College. Miner Teachers College and its predecessors were instrumental in the development of the black school system in the district between the 1890s and the 1950s, and held a virtual monopoly on teaching jobs in black schools during that time period. Many graduates found jobs in black school districts in other parts of the country, expanding the influence of the Miner school outside the district. In 1955 the school merged with Wilson Teachers College to form the District of Columbia Teachers College. In 1976, after additional incorporations, the school was renamed University of the District of Columbia. Building The current Colonial Revival—Georgian Revival style building, built in 1913, was designed by Leon E. Dessez and Snowden Ashford. The building is used for a broad range of community education programs, in addition to the teacher-training classes, which have been continuously offered there since it opened in 1914. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Notable people Students Aloncita Johnson Flood, New York City official Louise Daniel Hutchinson historian, attended the school. Ruby Hurley graduate, NAACP leader Dolores Kendrick, former Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia Alma Thomas, artist West A. Hamilton, military officer and D.C. school board member Faculty and staff Martha B. Briggs, principal, 1879-1883 Marguerite Williams, American geologist Otelia Cromwell, scholar Hilda Rue Wilkinson Brown, teacher and alumni See also National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia References External links Congressional records: Miner Teachers College Defunct universities and colleges in Washington, D.C. Historically black universities and colleges in the United States Former women's universities and colleges in the United States African-American history of Washington, D.C. School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Educational institutions established in 1851 Educational institutions disestablished in 1955 1851 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1955 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. Howard University University of the District of Columbia Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Georgian Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Women in Washington,