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Print featuring a view of the Patapsco Female Institute, a girls' boarding school located on Church Road in Ellicott City, Maryland. The building was designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and built by Charles Timanus. The driving force behind the school was Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793-1884), a scientist, educator, author, and editor who…

Patapsco Female Institute

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Print featuring a view of the Patapsco Female Institute, a girls' boarding school located on Church Road in Ellicott City, Maryland. The building was designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and built by Charles Timanus. The driving force behind the school was Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793-1884), a scientist, educator, author, and editor who designed the school to enable young women to be trained well enough to support themselves through teaching. The school opened on January 1, 1837 and remained in operation until 1891.

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Date

undated

Publisher

Baltimore: Sun Iron Building

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Extent

1 print

Resource ID

14766

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Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

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