Public School No. 111 facts for kids
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Public School No. 111
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Public School No. 111, May 2013
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Location | N. Carrollton Ave. and Riggs Ave., Baltimore, Maryland |
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Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 79003219 |
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.
Public School No. 111 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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