James Wormley

[5] The hotel was the site of the Wormley Agreement, which resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876, contested between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden, and this resolution led to the end of the Reconstruction period in the South.

According to one source, the nearby neighborhood was mostly white, and the black children attending the school mostly came from the eastern part of Georgetown.

This building was finally closed forever as a public school in June 1994 due to the District of Columbia not keeping up with maintenance over a period of many years.

Wormley's life and achievements were featured in the Washington Post article "A Hotel for the History Books" by Nicholas E. Hollis on March 18, 2001.

[10] Hollis also addressed the American Bar Association and other audiences while launching a special recognition project honoring Wormley.