Gompers School - Baltimore MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 39° 18.702 W 076° 35.688
18S E 362507 N 4352579
Gompers School, also known as Eastern High School and Samuel Gompers General Vocational School, is a historic high school. It was designed and built during a period from 1904 to 1906 as a public high school. It closed in 1981.
Waymark Code: WM13PVV
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 2

From Wikipedia in part:

"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.

Gompers School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985."
Street address:
1701 East North Avenue
Baltimore, MD USA
21213


County / Borough / Parish: Baltimore City

Year listed: 1985

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1900-1924

Historic function: Education

Current function: Vacant/Not In Use

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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