Public School No. 111

N. Carrollton Ave. and Riggs Rd., Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland. County/parish: Baltimore.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 25, 1979. NRIS 79003219.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

Francis Ellen Harper School
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School No. 111

From Wikipedia:

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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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106776752