Gompers School Explained

Gompers School
Location:1701 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates:39.3119°N -76.5947°W
Architecture:Classical Revival
Architect:Simonson & Pietsch; Thomas, D.W. & G.H.
Added:June 20, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85001272

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.[1]

Gompers School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gompers School. December 1984. 2016-04-01 . Harry A. Prushansky. Maryland Historical Trust.