Patapsco Female Institute
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Patapsco Female Institute is a former girls' boarding school, now a partially rebuilt historical site, located on Church Road in Ellicott City, Maryland, United States. The school, which operated duri
Patapsco Female Institute in 1936
The Howard County Courthouse is a historic building in Ellicott City, Maryland, that was the courthouse for Howard County's Circuit Court from 1843 to 2021.
Patapsco Female Institute
…Institute was chartered in January 1834. It was designed by architect Robert Cary Long Jr. and built by Charles Timanus, who also built the nearby Howard County Courthouse. It opened on January 1, 1837, as a finishing school. By 1840, neither PFI nor the nearby boys' school (Rock Hill College) were doing well. The Protestant…
Front of the courthouse in 2020
The courthouse in August 1936
The 1980s addition incorporating the current main entrance