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Westernport Public School, West side Hammond Street south of Division Street, Westernport, Allegany County, MD

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Westernport Public School, West side Hammond Street south of Division Street, Westernport, Allegany County, MD

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Summary

Significance: The Westernport School later known as the Hammond Street School is significant for its role in the education of generations of children from southwestern Allegany County and southeastern Garrett County during the period from 1891 to 1958. Early references to the school refer to it as the Westernport Public School, showing it to be distinctive as the principal public educational facility for Westernport and the surrounding area.
Survey number: HABS MD-1049
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1911-1912 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1923 Subsequent Work

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1923
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jones & Laughlin
Davis, Frank E
Davis, Henry R
Fredlock, E J
Bruce, Oliver H
Hepburn, Carrie
Kalbaugh, Ida K
Duckworth, B Edna
Bissett, Annie
Grimm, Anna
Westernport Housing Board, Inc.
Westernport Apartments, L. P.
Nye, Larry, photographer
Reed, Paula S, historian
Reed, Douglas C, historian
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Westernport39.48842, -79.04641
Google Map of 39.48841830000001, -79.0464099
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Library of Congress
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