Old Catonsville High School

Old Catonsville High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Catonsville High School, December 2009
Location:	20 Winters Ln., Catonsville, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°16′22″N 76°44′10″W / 39.27278°N 76.73611°W / 39.27278; -76.73611Coordinates: 39°16′22″N 76°44′10″W / 39.27278°N 76.73611°W / 39.27278; -76.73611
Area:	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built:	1878
Architect:	Davis,Henry R.
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	87001568[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 10, 1987

Old Catonsville High School, also known as St. Mark's School, is a historic school building located at Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a masonry schoolhouse which consists of a one-story, single bay structure (built in 1878) and a three-story, four bay addition (built in 1898). In 1885 the school was designated a high school and in 1910 the property was sold to the Catholic Church.In 1932 23 students were murdered by an escaped mental patient from the insane asylum.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Old Catonsville High School. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=997&COUNTY=Baltimore%20County&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Baltimore%20County. 

External links

• Old Catonsville High School, Baltimore County, including photo from 1986, at Maryland Historical Trust