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Birmingham Public School

Coordinates: 40°25′38.11″N 79°59′1.29″W / 40.4272528°N 79.9836917°W / 40.4272528; -79.9836917
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Birmingham Public School
Birmingham Public School is located in Pittsburgh
Birmingham Public School
Birmingham Public School is located in Pennsylvania
Birmingham Public School
Birmingham Public School is located in the United States
Birmingham Public School
Location118--128 S. Fifteenth St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°25′38.11″N 79°59′1.29″W / 40.4272528°N 79.9836917°W / 40.4272528; -79.9836917
Arealess than one acre
Built1871
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSPittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86002658[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1986

The Birmingham Public School is an historic American school building that is located in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986,[1] it currently functions as an apartment building.

History and architectural features

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This 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

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Aurand, Martin (1986). "Birmingham Public School" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2013.