Old Frederick Douglass High School
- Year
- 1924
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Baltimore, MD
- Collection
- gothic revival
Old Frederick Douglass High School was built in 1924 in a late Gothic Revival style. Named for Frederick Douglass, it was an early African American high school in Baltimore, and its Gothic Revival massing reads clearly from the street.
the style
The school was designed with late Gothic Revival massing, a style whose Gothic detailing typically reads clearly on school buildings of this era.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
The building carries an OSM heritage=2 designation, indicating a recognized historic status.
nearby
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
- Public School No. 111
- Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church
- Sellers Mansion
- Booker T. Washington Middle School (Baltimore)
- Riviera Apartments