Public School No. 111
Public School No. 111 | |
Public School No. 111, May 2013 | |
| Location | N. Carrollton Ave. and Riggs Ave., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°18′4″N 76°38′15″W / 39.30111°N 76.63750°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003219[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 25, 1979 |
Public School No. 111, also known as Francis Ellen Harper School, is a historic elementary school located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Romanesque brick structure that features an ornately detailed brick front façade. It was built in 1889 as Colored School #9 and is one of the few surviving schools built for black children and staffed by black teachers. The school is named after Francis Ellen Harper (1825-1911), a Baltimore-born African American poet.[2]
Public School No. 111 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Public School No. 111" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
External links
- Public School No. 111, Baltimore City, including photo from 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust