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Western High School

Western High School is the oldest public all-girls high school remaining in the United States. It is the third-oldest public high school in the state of and part of the .
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  • Type: School
  • Description: public high school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “School Number 407”
  • Address: 4600 Falls Road, Baltimore, 21209

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Cold Spring Lane station.

School
The , colloquially referred to as BPI, Poly, and The Institute, is a US public high school founded in 1883. Established as an all-male manual trade / vocational high school by the Baltimore City Council and the , it is now a coeducational academic institution since 1974, that emphasizes sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics. is situated 450 feet west of Western High School.

Railway station
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is a light rail station on the Baltimore Light Rail system in the U.S. state of Maryland. The stop is located on Cold Spring Lane near the interchange with Interstate 83. is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Western High School.

Recreation area
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is a owned and operated by Loyola University Maryland. It is located 1.5 mi west of the main campus in , , on a 71 acres parcel of land at the southwest corner of the intersection of the Jones Falls Expressway and Coldspring Lane in the . is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Western High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roland Park and Medfield.

Neighborhood
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is a community in Baltimore, Maryland. It was developed between 1890 and 1920 as an upper-class streetcar suburb. The early phases of the neighborhood were designed by Edward Bouton and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in north , , United States of America. It is located to the north of the trendy neighborhood and south of affluent Roland Park neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is an area of North Baltimore, Maryland in zip code 21211, between West Cold Spring Lane and West 41st Street and Evans Chapel Road and Falls Road.

Western High School

Latitude
39.34703° or 39° 20′ 49″ north
Longitude
-76.64259° or 76° 38′ 33″ west
Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)
Operator
Baltimore City Public Schools
Open location code
87F589W4+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2818873658
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4373209
Wiki­data ID
Q7987909
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Western High School” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Western High School”
  • French: “Western High School”
  • Hebrew: “תיכון וסטרן”
  • Swedish: “Western High School”
  • Welsh: “Western High School”

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