Downtown in Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City
24 East Church Street
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 11, 2019
1. Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.
Location. 39° 24.908′ N, 77° 24.544′ W. Marker is in Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is in Downtown. It is on East Church Street west of Maxwell Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 24 East Church Street, Frederick MD 21701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rupp Hospitality House (within shouting distance of this marker); Evangelical Lutheran Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Hood College (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Stone Church of the Lutheran Faith in Western Maryland (within shouting distance of this marker); Cultures Meet (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memoriam (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Frederick (about 400 feet away); One Vast Hospital (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frederick.
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Also see . . .
1. Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City. Wikipedia article (Submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
2. Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.
The association of the Society's headquarters with youth is appropriate in that the previous occupation was that of an orphanage. The third owner of the house, John Loats, devised the house and the property on which it stands to the Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City which he established in his will of 1879.(Submitted on February 9, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Photographed by Adam Margolis, January 17, 2022
2. Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City Building
The marker can be seen to the left of the doorway.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 11, 2019
3. Additional plaques to the right of the doorway
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 676 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on January 26, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 3. submitted on August 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
