McComas Institute

Summary

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]

McComas Institute
McComas Institute 2014
McComas Institute is located in Maryland
McComas Institute
McComas Institute is located in the United States
McComas Institute
Nearest cityJoppa, Maryland
Coordinates39°28′2″N 76°21′30″W / 39.46722°N 76.35833°W / 39.46722; -76.35833
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
NRHP reference No.80001819[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1980

The McComas Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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 edit

  Media related to McComas Institute at Wikimedia Commons

  • McComas Institute, Harford County, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust