McComas Institute
McComas Institute | |
 McComas Institute 2014 | |
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| Nearest city | Joppa, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′2″N 76°21′30″W / 39.46722°N 76.35833°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001819[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1980 |
McComas Institute is a historic school located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school was built in 1867, and is a one-story frame structure with a gable roof, five bays long and three bays wide, and resting on a stone foundation. It is one of three schools erected in the area by the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War.[2]
The McComas Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Susan M. Deeney and Natalie Shivers (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McComas Institute" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
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- McComas Institute, Harford County, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust
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- Defunct schools in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Harford County, Maryland
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- School buildings completed in 1867
- African-American historic places
- National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland
- Schools supported by the Freedmen's Bureau
- Harford County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs