The Birmingham Public School is an historic American school building that is located in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Birmingham Public School | |
Location | 118--128 S. Fifteenth St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°25′38.11″N 79°59′1.29″W / 40.4272528°N 79.9836917°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1871 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | Pittsburgh Public Schools TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86002658[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 30, 1986 |
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986,[1] it currently functions as an apartment building.
History and architectural features
editThis historic structure was built in 1871 by the Borough of Birmingham in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a community that was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh the following year.[2]
A three-story, brick building that features gabled eastern and western sections that are connected by hipped-roof middle section, its "twin facades have slightly projecting center bays with segmentally arched entries with stone surrounds and overhanging hoods."[2]
In 1944, this building was sold to the Catholic Church and served as the middle school for St. Adalbert's Parish.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is currently an apartment building.
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Aurand, Martin (1986). "Birmingham Public School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2013.