Historical Timeline
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- 1781 Quaker Meeting House opened at Aisquith and Fayette Streets.
- 1800 School House constructed on Old Town property.
- 1816 Girls' School opened.
- 1840s School moved to Lombard Street Meeting House.
- 1865 Introduction of high-school classes.
- 1866 Name changed to "Friends Elementary and High School," Baltimore's first private high school.
- 1887 Lombard Street property sold.
- 1892 Purchase of lot next to Park Avenue Meeting House.
- 1899 Renamed "Park Avenue Friends Elementary and High School."
- 1900 Name changed to "Friends School".
- 1901 First issue of Friends School Quarterly.
- 1908 Electric lighting installed in the school.
- 1911 Purchase of 1712 Park Avenue for kindergarten and primary grades.
- 1912 Purchase of 8½ acres in West Forest Park for athletic field. First football team.
- 1913 Student government organization begun.
- 1921 School uniforms adopted.
- 1924 Boys' lacrosse started.
- 1927 Girls' lacrosse started.
- 1929 Primary Department moved to Homeland campus.
- 1931 Intermediate Department Building constructed at Homeland.
- 1936 High School moved to Homeland. School organization changed to a Lower School (grades 1-6) and an Upper School (grades 7-12).
- 1937 Clubhouse remodeled to house nursery and kindergarten classes. New gymnasium built.
- 1954 Education Committee changed admission policy to allow desegregation.
- 1955 First black students admitted to Friends.
- 1964 All classes desegregated.
- 1966 New science building and new addition to gymnasium.
- 1967 First full-time black faculty hired.
- 1970 Middle School established.
- 1974 Faculty Meeting for Business established.
- 1975 Auditorium extended to house Middle School.
- 1982 Addition to Upper School building. Purchase of 2.1 acres (8,500 m2) from Cathedral property.
- 1986 New cafeteria built.
- 1987 Pool built for summer programs use.
- 1989 Expansion of Lower School to Pre-primary ages.
- 2003 Opening of the Alumni Center.
- 2005 New Middle School and Athletic Turf.
- 2009 New dining hall built
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