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(July 1969) NA 110NAL PARK SERVICE Maryland COUNTY •

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTOR I C PLACES Baltimore City INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM F OR NP S USE ONLY

ENTRY NUhABER DA TE

(Type all entrjes - complete appfj cabl e secfj on s)

11. NAME ·~ ·.· COhAhAON : .

Public School #1 16 . "'NDIOF< HISTORIC:

Eastern Female lligh School -12. LOCATION

STREET .. NC .. NUMBER: . 249. Aisquith Street

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Baltimore S TAT E I CODE I COUNTY ~ I CODE'

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r1 Agricuhurol K l G uve rn",f"nt n Por~ [l l r ona po' tott on I 1 C""'"'"n'"

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The r:astcrn Female IIigh School is located on the south­east corner of Orleans and Ai>qui th Streets , Dal timore, Hary land .

, The F.astern Female High School, built in 1869-1870 , is typical of the Italian Villa mode of late nineteenth-century architecture, as evidenced by its square plan , towers, and bracketing. In the facade, interest is achieved through the vertical lines of the towers, nurrow windows and porch columns, broken by th e horizontal lines of the stone foundation , the balustrade, the belt courses a nd the prominent cornice. The most noticeable feature of the brick, western facade is the wooden loggia which stretches between the towers . Other de­tails which heighten the interest are the triple central win­dow, the pediment above it, and the bri ck dripstones punc­tuated by white keystones at the street level .

The west facade is symmetrical , consisting of two corner towers which contain two bays of two windows c.:ich nn<l <l

narrower centra l bay . All lower roof eaves are decorated by a deep cci~nice supported by elaborate double brackets except over the central bay where the cornice is broken briefly by a classical pediment . The tower~, higher than the rest of the building , are capped with flat, pyramidal roofs .

There are two large .flat arches on the loggia at the two end bays which are supported by square columns . A projecting arch l ocatea jn the central bay is supportc<l by double columns . The entire l Gng th of tlle loggia has a balustrade of white wood .

All of the windows are flat-arched except fo r a triad of round- arched windows on the second story of the central bay , one large -central window and two narrower flanking ones . The triad has an "eyebrow" of white stone .

The north and south elevations of the Eas tern Femal e High School arc low- key variations o f tlie WC:!stern faca<l L! , without porches, _and with only one tower on the south .

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SPECIFIC O AT EISl (II A. ppllcable •ndKnown) 1869-1870 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Checl< One or M or• o• 1lpproprla1e)

Abor lginal @ Education 0 Political

0 P,...hlstoric 0 En9ineeri ng 0 Reli9ian/ Phi.

0 Historic 0 Industry l o .. oph;

0 Agriculturw 0 Inve ntion 0 Science

Kl Architecture 0 lond~cope n Sculpture

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0 Communie..otiona 0 Milltory 0 Th~aoer

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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The Eastern Femal e High School , founded in 1844, was one of the pioneer public high schools in the country devoted to secondary education for women . Of the two female high schools established by the Baltimore City Council in 1844 the ~astern Fcmu.lc TliCJh Scl1ool is the only one extant.

The 1870 t s saw the formation of a teachers ' association at the Eastern Female High School which was the forerunner of the Public School Teachers' Association, stil l in exis ­tence ·(1971).

In 1851 the first school·building was demolished . Colonel R. Snowden Andrews (1830-1903) , a charter rneMber of the Baltimore chapt0r of the l\rncrican Institute of Architects, was selecteti to design a new b~ilding for the Eastern Female High School . Begun in 1869 the building was dedicated in September of 1870 . The cost of raising the first school in 1851 and erecting the new one eighteen years later was $97,805 , a savings of $2 ,194 of the amount appropriated. The 1869 school could accomodate six hundred pupils; it contained the latest heating and ventilating systems.

/\rr.onq the prominent graduates of the Eastern Fer.ial e IIigh School wc.:re Lizette Woodworth Heese (1872) , a poet , c:i.nd Hrs . William Buttner {1904), one of the founders of the Camp­fire Girls.

From its founding the Eastern FemaleBigh School was noted for its innovative program which prepared girls for college or teachers ' school , or through a senior business course , for a vocation . The facilities included an art gallery. and library.

I n 1907 the high school moved to larg~r quarters . then a gra~roar sc~ool has occupied the 1869 building.

Since

In January of 1971 the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore designated the Eastern Female High School an official Baltimore City Landmark . · It is on the t1aryland Register .

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MBT B-42 ( ., 19. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Recorders : Mrs. F.oger Harrunond , John Hnedak , Andrea Rebeck, Gretchen Redden, Conunission for Historical and Archi-

,,;JI\ tcctural Prcsc.' rvation, 402 City llc:ill, Daltimorc::, MnryJ <1nd , May 1970 .

Mrs . Walter Black, r.•ary land Historical Trust , February 1971 .

r Miss Nancy.Miller, Historian , Maryland Historical Trus_t. February_l971. SI;;E CONT INUATION SHEET

110. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ---· - - --·-LATITUDE ANO LO ... l>ITUOE COOROINATl!S LATITUDE A"'D LON GITUDE COORDINATF5

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ST ATE : COOE COUNTY CODE

·-STATE: COOE COUNTY : CODE

STATE: CODE COUNTY : CODE

STATE: CODE COUNTY : CODE

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Mrs . Pres_ ton _P_'1_ri3_h , __ K_§>S'.P_er _ _9_f_ t11_!0 M_ary_l<l}lq__ P,29i~~'---- - · OF<C A Nl2.A1'10N • [JA1"'

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Annapolis Maryland 2 4 p2. STA.TE L'IAISON DFFICER CERTIFICA.1 ION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION

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in the Nationa l R.,g1s ter and <.:<: r li fy that it h:is b"en -

evaluated a ccording to t he c r iteria and procedu res set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeolol2y and Histori c Preservat i on

level of significance of this nomination is:

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Tit It-- State Liaison Officer .for Mar yland Keeper of Th e National Rei;?ist<:r

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(Con tinuation Sheet )

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Commissio n for Historical and .Archi tectura l Preservation . , .

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, 402 City Hall .~ Baltirn~re , Maryland

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Balt imore City Department of Education, 3 East 25th Street , · · · · Bal tirnore , Maryland . '

·Baltimore C~ty Land Records. Baltimore City Courthouse . . Liber SCL 5743 folio. 146.

Board of Commissioners of Public Schools (of Baltimore City] .

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." -· 38th , 4lst and 44th Annual Reports of the Board of Commis ­sioners of the Public Schools . For the years 1866 , 1869 an d

. 1872 . Baltimore.

•Commit tee of.· the Faculty .[of Eastern Uigh School] . - Years at the Eastern High School . Ba l timore ;

and Sons, 1944.

Through t h e H. G. Roebuck

K.aye , Percy Lewis. "Public Education in Bal tirnore ." " Baltimore Its History and Its People . Clayton Colman Hal l (ed.). 2 vols . New York: Lewis Historical Publishing , 1912 , I, 559-583 .

·scharf , . J . Thomas . History of Baltimore City and County Philadelphi~ : Louis H. Everts, 1881 .

The Sun (Bal timore) . October 9 , 1933 , March 7 , 1944 , J anuar y 25 , 1953.

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The Eastern Female High School was one of the I

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It was built in 1869 by the architect Col. R. Snowden

Andrews . The cost of the school, including demolition

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Orleans streets it opened in the September of 18?0

with an enrollment of 350 pupils.

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lnatrvctiona: Applicant should read the instructions carefully before completing appl1cat1on. No Certification may be made unless a complet&d appl1catron form t been receivfld (P.L 94-455). Use typewriter or print clearly In dark ink to complete the application form. If additional space is needed 10 complete Part 1. use the re ~e side or a separate plain sheet of paper clearly indic ating the owner's name and mailing address. Part 1 of this application may be completed and sent to th e approi ate Slate Historic PreseNalion Officer at any t ime during the year. and may be sent separately or with Par1 2.

PART 1 EVALUATION OF SIGNIFICANCE

1. NAME OF PROPERTY:_· ____,E=a-=s_,,t""'e'-"r'-'n"'-,,._F_,,.e...,m~a""'l,.,.,,.e__..H~l"-'. g:;:>..<..!h__,,S,,_,c~h,_..._o~o:...l"---~< ..,_P _,.u'-"b,,_,l"-'l"'-0

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Address of property: StreelL - - -=2"-'4'-'9::__..:.A.!..=i..::S::..;Q:::i;U:..:l=-· -=t:..:.h-=---=S'-t= r ...::e::..e::::....::t::__ _ _ ____ _________________ _

Baltl. more Maryland City _____ _______ County _____________ State Zip Code ____ _

Name of historic district in which property is located·-------------------- --------------- -

2. DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: (see Instructions for map and photograph requirements--<ise re11erse side if necessary) The Eastern Female High School

built in 1869-1870 is typical of the Italian Vil l a mode of late 19thC

architecture , as evidenced by its rectangular p l an , towers and brack­

eting~ with the vertical lines of the towers , tal l windows and porch

columns counter-balanced by the horizontal lines of the rusticated 3. STATEMENT ~F ~iGNIFICANCE: Founded in 184 4 , the Eastern Female High School was on

<usc,r:rert:."rf~e•i:)'f8fiae~r public high schools in the country devoted to secondar

education for women . Of the two fema l e high schools established in th city in 1844, this school is the only one extant . In 1851 the 1844

structure was demolished and Colonel R . Snowden Andrews (1830-lq03)

Date of construction (if known): 18 6 9 -18 7 0 Xl Or1g1nal site 0 Moved Date of al tera11ons (if known): _________ _ ,,,_ __ NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS OF OWNER:

Name _~T~h~e"'-~B~a~l~t~i~·m,,,,,...our~e,..,_~S,c~huo,o~_..l..__A'"""s~s~_,.o~c~1~· ~a~t~e ........ s..._ _ __________ ~---------

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Telephone Number (during day~ AreaCode _ ___ 6_ 1_7_ -_5_ 3_1_ - _0_0_1_ 5 ___ _ ___________________ _

I hereby attest th at

office uae only

he structure described above is included within the boundafles ol the National Reg1s1er historic d1stnct and O contnbu1es O does no1contribute10 the chara::1e· ..-----. e d1s1rict.

The structure -J appears 0 does not~ppear to meet National Register Cri1eria tor Evaluation (36 CFR 60.6) andV will likely O will not be nominated to the Nal•O., Register in e'!Jord with the Department of the Interior procedures (36 CFR 60). "/' .

The structure is located in a distric1 whichO appearsO does not appear to meet Nauonat Register Criteria for Evaluation (36CFA 60.6).Dwill likelyO will not be no,,.­nated to the National Register in accord with Oepar1 nt of the Interior procedures (36 CFR 60). andO appearsO does not appear to contribute to the character of !>2

district.

This property has been evatu11ted eccord1ng to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Department ot the Interior (36 CFR 67) and. It subject to deprecia11on un.:> section 167 of I.he lntemal Revenue Code of 1954, 0 is hereby certified 11 historic structure. 0 does not contribute to the character of the historic distric t and does no1 ment cenif1cahon as 11 hi~onc structure Reasons given on the anacl>ed sheet

Signature --------------------------- --------------- Date _____ _ Keeper ot the Nat ional Register

IF NEEDED USE THIS SIDE TO COMPLETE ANSWERS TO PART 1

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stone foundation, the balustrade, the belt courses and the prominent cornice. The west facade includes a wood logia which spans the space between the towers . Other important details are the triple central window with its pedimented hood , and the brick dripstones with white keystones at the street level . The i·1est facade is symmetrical , con­sisting of two corner towers with two bays of two windows •in each and a narrower center bay. The lower roof eaves have a deep cornice supper ed by elaborate double brackets, except for the central bay where the cornice is interrupted by a classical pediment . The towers, taller tha the body of the school, have low pyrri_midal roofs.

There are two large flat arches on the loggia at the end bays , supported by square columns. A projecting arch in ' the central bay is supported by a pair of columns , and the entire length of the loggia has a wood bal ustrade . All windows are flat arched except for three round arched windows in the second level of the central bay , a large central window flanked by smal l er windows . The tripl e unit is tied together with a limestone "eyebrow " molding . The north and south elevations of the school are low-keyed variations from the western facade , without porches or loggia , and with only one tower at the sout facade.

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was selected to design a new building for the Eastern Female High Scho Construction began in 1869, and the new facility was dedicated in Sept ember of 1870 , accomodating six 'hundred pupils . Among the prominent graduates of the high school were Lizette Woodworth Rees e (1872) , a poet, and Mrs . William Buttner (1904), one of the founders of the Campfire Girls. A teachers' association was formed at Eastern Female High School in the 1870 ' s , becomming the Public School Teacher ' s Assoc iation still in existence today . -

From its founding the Eastern Female High School was noted for its innovative educationa l program , preparing girls for college or teachers ' school, or through a senior business course of study, for a vocation . The school facilities included an art gallery and a library( In- 1907 the high school moved to larger quarters , and the existing \ building was gi vem over to use as a grammar school . . )

The Eastern Female High School was declared an official Baltimo City Landmark in January , 1q71 by the ~ayor and City Council .

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Th P. Eastern Female High School was one of the first high schools in the country to be built for tlie purpose of g iving a comprehensive education to girls. Having been established in 1844 at another location, the new building was located at the corne r of Aisquith and Orleans Streets . It was completed in 1870 and opened with an enrollment of 350 pupils. The total cost •. of the enection of the new school was $97, 805. 70.

The architect was R. Snowden Andrews, a prominent Bal ti more a rchitect of the Victorian era. Architectural ly, the building is of the Italian Vill a/Mannerist style. It is built of red brick with stone and white wood trim . One outstanding feature is the e laborate bracketi ng of the three towers at the roofline. The main section, which is recessed between two of the towers, has a wooden porch extending across the front.

This building is a fine example of the sty le of architecture favored at the time of The Civil War.

Deed ref: SCL 5743/146 lot size: 181' x 336' Wd: 5 .Sec: 9 Bl k: 131 5 Lots: 13-23 Owner: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

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