Gompers School

This article is about the school in Baltimore. For other schools named Gompers, see Gompers School (disambiguation).


Gompers School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Gompers School, September 2012
Show map of Baltimore Show map of Maryland Show map of the US
Location	1701 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°18′43″N 76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W / 39.31194; -76.59472Coordinates: 39°18′43″N 76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W / 39.31194; -76.59472
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905 (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

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types

Lists by county	Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore County Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George's Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester

Lists by city	Baltimore: (Central North and Northwest West and Southwest East and Northeast South and Southeast)

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Portal:National Register of Historic Places

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.