Louisa May Alcott School, historic elementary school located at Baltimore, Maryland
The Louisa May Alcott School is a historic school building in Baltimore, Maryland, built between 1907 and 1910 in Colonial Revival style. The four-story brick structure features symmetrical bands, terra cotta decorations, and three metal cupolas on its hipped roof.
The building was designed by architect Otto G. Simonson and built between 1907 and 1910 as one of the first projects in a city competition to improve school design. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The school was named in 1913 after author Louisa May Alcott, whose family was involved in education reform. The naming reflects the building's connection to her ideals of learning and community improvement.
The building is located in northwest Baltimore on Keyworth Avenue and now serves as Alcott Place Apartments for residents aged 62 and older. Visitors should note that it is now residential housing, so exterior viewing is available but interior access may be limited.
The building was originally equipped with innovative features like large, well-ventilated classrooms and a vacuum system for floor cleaning, reflecting early 1900s ideas about student health. After closing as a school in the 1970s, it was converted to apartments but kept original blackboards in hallways as a reminder of its past.
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