page_title: Jeremiah Daniel Baltimore
section_title: Public life
hierarchical_section_title: Jeremiah Daniel Baltimore / Public life
caption_attribution_description: English: Armstrong Manual Training School (also known as the Samuel Chapman Armstrong Technical High School) located at 1st &amp; P Streets, NW in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Designed by local architect Waddy B. Wood in 1902, the Renaissance Revival building was one of two segregated manual training schools constructed for the city's African-American youth. The school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 96000893
context_page_description: Jeremiah Daniel Baltimore was an engineer and educator in Washington, DC. For many years, he was an engineer in the service of the United States Navy and served as chief engineer at the Freedmen's Hospital. He was also a teacher of mechanics, and was responsible for mechanical instruction in the African American schools in the city from 1890 to 1922. He was on the trial board of the Naval battleship USS Texas and was among the organizers and officers of the Potomac Hospital and Training School. In 1903 he was elected a member of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. In 1915 he was made member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Art, Manufactures, and Commerce of London.
context_section_description: Baltimore was active in Republican politics. In 1876 he was secretary of the 17th District Republicans and was a delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention in Cincinnati. In 1880, he was made chairman of the group and was again delegate at the National convention in Chicago.
  He was recommended as a trustee for public schools in 1883 and in 1889. In 1890 he was appointed to take charge of machine instruction in the colored public schools in Washington, a position he held until 1922. His position included the responsibility of teaching at the Armstrong Manual Training School. He was highly respected as a professor, adopting the methods of the United States Bureau of Steam Engineering. One of his techniques was that he constructed an engine made of glass to help the students see the workings of the engine and the effect of heat on water.
  In 1895 he was selected by the Navy to serve as assistant engineer officer on the trial board of the battleship, USS Texas. In 1906, Baltimore was among the organizers of the Potomac Hospital and Training School and was its treasurer. The organizers included Reverend W. J. Howard, Dr. A. R. Collins, and Dr. Harry J. Williams.
caption: The Armstrong Manual Training School opened in 1902.
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