Birmingham Public School

United States historic place


Birmingham Public School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


40°25′38.11″N 79°59′1.29″W / 40.4272528°N 79.9836917°W / 40.4272528; -79.9836917
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

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

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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^ ^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.