Gompers School
This article is about the school in Baltimore. For other schools named Gompers, see Gompers School (disambiguation).
Gompers School | |
Gompers School, September 2012 | |
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Location | 1701 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°18′43″N 76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°WCoordinates: 39°18′43″N 76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1905 |
Architect | Simonson & Pietsch; Thomas,D.W. & G.H. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 85001272[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 20, 1985 |
Gompers School, also known as Eastern High School and Samuel Gompers General Vocational School, is a historic high school located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was designed and built during a period from 1904 to 1906 as a public high school and remained as an educational facility until its closing in 1981. It is a flat-roofed building on four floor levels, roughly square in plan. The interior layout is characterized by a series of classrooms ringing an open court to allow maximum ventilation and light.[2]
Gompers School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Harry A. Prushansky (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gompers School" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
External links
- Gompers School, Baltimore City, including photo from 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
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