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39°18′43″N 76°35′41″W / 39.31194°N 76.59472°W / 39.31194; -76.59472
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Gompers School
Gompers School, September 2012
Gompers School is located in Baltimore
Gompers School
Gompers School is located in Maryland
Gompers School
Gompers School is located in the United States
Gompers School
Location1701 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°18′43″N 76°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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.

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