Thorn Hill School Property

December 5, 1949

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Thorn Hill School Property
  • Title
  • Thorn Hill School Property
  • Creator
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works Photographer: Pennetti
  • Date
  • December 5, 1949
  • Identifier
  • 20100001-hpicnpl-1517
  • Source Identifier
  • DPW Thorn Hill 003 DPW#2676
  • Description
  • Photo shows snow-covered Thorn Hill School Property in the left side of the photo viewed from State Route 19 facing north at the Allegheny - Butler county line. To right of State Route 19 is a barn with advertisng for Mail Pouch chewing tobacco and Melo-Crowns cigarettes. The entrance road is seen crossing left to right in the center of the photo with a truck traveling on the road. A bridge crossing Brush Creek is also seen on this road. The Thorn Hill School was established in 1910 and closed in 1979. Over the years it was known by serveral names including: Allegheny County Industrial and Training School for Boys, Thorn Hill School of Allegheny County, Warrendale Youth Development Center (1962), Warrendale Correctional Center. The school was created as a training center for boys under the age of 16 who were sent over from Allegheny County Juvenile Court. The road seen in the right side of the photo is State Route 19. Utility poles and a barn are seen along the road. Advertising on side of the barn reads "Chewing serves to steady nerves, Chew Mail Pouch, Treat yourself to the best," and "Smoke and Enjoy Melo-Crowns..."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Marshall (Pa.: Township)
    Thorn Hill School (Marshall Township, Pa.)
    Brush Creek (Marshall Township, Pa.)
    Barns--Pennsylvania--Marshall Township
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Marshall Township
  • Source
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works
  • Contributor
  • Northland Public Library
  • Collection
  • Northland Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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