Saint Frances Academy
Saint Frances Academy is an independent Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1828 to educate African American children, it is the first and oldest continually operating Black Catholic school in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Description: private school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Saint Frances Academy Baltimore”, “Saint Frances Academy, Baltimore”, “Saint Francis Academy”, and “St. Frances Academy”
- Address: 501 East Chase Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Metropolitan Transition Center and Walters Art Museum.
Metropolitan Transition Center
Prison
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The Maryland Metropolitan Transition Center, formerly known as the historic "Maryland Penitentiary", is a Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services pre-trial maximum security prison located in Baltimore facing Greenmount Avenue between Forrest Street and East Madison Street. Metropolitan Transition Center is situated 740 feet south of Saint Frances Academy.
Walters Art Museum
Museum
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The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters. Walters Art Museum is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Saint Frances Academy.
George Peabody Library
Library
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The George Peabody Library is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. George Peabody Library is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Saint Frances Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnston Square and Old Town.
Johnston Square
Neighborhood
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Johnston Square is a neighborhood in central Baltimore, Maryland located east of the Fallsway and west of the Oliver neighborhood, bordered by Greenmount Cemetery at the north and Eager Street at the south.
Old Town
Neighborhood
Photo: Baltimore Heritage, CC0.
Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north.
Saint Frances Academy
- Category: education
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.302° or 39° 18′ 7″ northLongitude
-76.60843° or 76° 36′ 30″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Operator
Archdiocese of BaltimoreOpen location code
87F5892R+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 546720679OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4367867Wikidata ID
Q7587919
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