Baker Public School
The Baker Public School is a pair of historic school buildings at 100 West Baker Street in Richmond, Virginia. It consists of a small Colonial Revival brick building constructed in 1913 as an annex to an older building, and a larger 1939 Art Deco building built out of limestone and brick.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: School building
- Description: school building in Richmond, Virginia
- Address: 100 West Baker Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Church
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Richmond, Virginia. The church was founded in 1867. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church is situated 470 feet south of Baker Public School.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
Museum
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is an American 501 organization and museum established in 1981 and focused on the history of Black and African Americans in the state of Virginia. Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Baker Public School.
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Site located at 110½ E. Leigh Street on "Quality Row" in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jackson Ward and Downtown Richmond.
Jackson Ward
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Jackson Ward, previously known as Central Wards, is a historically African-American district in Richmond, Virginia, with a long tradition of African-American businesses.
Downtown Richmond
Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Downtown district of Richmond includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.
Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: 2nd ABG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, and is a significant example of a municipal almshouse–public hospital–cemetery complex of the sort that arose in the period of the New Republic, following disestablishment of the Anglican Church.
Baker Public School
- Categories: school, heritage site, building, historic site, and education
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.55181° or 37° 33′ 7″ northLongitude
-77.43815° or 77° 26′ 17″ westInception
1939Open location code
8794HH26+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 182380774OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q46996864
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In Other Languages
“Baker Public School” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة بيكر العامه”
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