Stanton Center

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Stanton Center
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Location92 W. Washington St., Annapolis, Maryland
Coordinates 38°58′48.5″N76°29′46.8″W / 38.980139°N 76.496333°W / 38.980139; -76.496333 Coordinates: 38°58′48.5″N76°29′46.8″W / 38.980139°N 76.496333°W / 38.980139; -76.496333
Built1893
NRHP reference No. 83003627 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1983

Stanton Center is a historic building at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story (plus basement), Classical Revival brick masonry building with a one-story addition. It is the second school building on the site and was first used as an elementary school and later became the first high school for African Americans in Anne Arundel County. It remained in use as a school until the desegregation of the Anne Arundel County school system in the 1960s, when it became a community center. [2]

Stanton Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Michael Justin Dowling (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stanton Center" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.