Eastern Female High School, high school in Maryland, United States
Eastern Female High School is a historic school building in Baltimore, Maryland, built in 1869 and featuring Renaissance Revival style. The red brick structure with white details has three small towers at its corners and decorative roof elements designed by architect R. Snowden Andrews.
The school was founded in 1844 and was one of the first in the United States designed specifically for girls' high school education. In 1907, classes moved to a larger building further northeast in Baltimore, while the original structure on Aisquith Street continued to serve other educational purposes.
The school's name reflects its original purpose as a place for girls' education at a time when such opportunities were uncommon. The building sits in Baltimore's historic Jonestown and Old Town areas and stands as a reminder of the city's commitment to educating women during the 1800s.
The building is located at the corner of North Aisquith Street and Orleans Street and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors can view it from the outside, though it has been vacant and inaccessible to the public since 2015.
The building was declared a landmark by Baltimore in 1976 and described by a local newspaper in 2002 as one of the city's architectural gems. A fire in 2015 significantly damaged the already vacant structure, underscoring the importance of its architectural preservation.
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