Public School No. 111, also known as Francis Ellen Harper School, is a historic elementary school located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Romanesque brick structure that features an ornately detailed brick front façade. It was built in 1889 as Colored School #9 and is one of the few surviving schools built for black children and staffed by black teachers. The school is named after Francis Ellen Harper (1825-1911), a Baltimore-born African American poet. Public School No. 111 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. References External links , including photo from 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust Defunct schools in Maryland Public schools in Baltimore School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore School buildings completed in 1889 Historically black schools African-American history in Baltimore Historically segregated African-American schools in Maryland Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore 1889 establishments in Maryland