Friendship Armstrong Academy is a public charter school located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

[5] It was named in honor of Union brevet Brigadier General Samuel C. Armstrong who became an educator.

Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court presided at the formal dedication.

[11] Professor Dwight O. W. Holmes, dean of the college of education, Howard University, delivered an address on "The Citizenry and The Schools.

It is currently functioning as an elementary public charter school under the name Friendship Armstrong Academy.

A circular letter dated July 22, 1899 was sent to a large number of well known Washington architectural firms inviting them to participate.

Well-placed classical details, such as the dentiled cornice, the elaborate pediments over the two main doors, and the cartouche at the corner pilasters, provide a sense of monumentality to the building.

In the central pavilion, the windows were separated by ionic pilasters that extended the height of the two main floors, giving a colonnaded effect to the facade.

A bracketed cornice built of limestone marks the top of the original section.The granite stairs rise from the sidewalk level to the first floor.

There were classrooms for academic work, four laboratories, arrangements for experiments in physics and chemistry and material for serving and cooking.

It provided training for black students in a range of trades based on the belief that "all forms of labor, whether with head or hand are honorable."