Gompers School

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Gompers School
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Gompers School, September 2012
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Location1701 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°18′43″N76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W / 39.31194; -76.59472 Coordinates: 39°18′43″N76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W / 39.31194; -76.59472
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
ArchitectSimonson & Pietsch; Thomas, D.W. & G.H.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 85001272 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Harry A. Prushansky (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gompers School" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.