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-1523
  • Source Identifier
  • DPW Thorn Hill 009 DPW#26745
  • Description
  • Photo shows partially snow-covered Thorn Hill School property near the Allegheny - Butler County line on Farm Road just west of the Brush Creek Bridge. The rural dirt road is shown passing through mostly farm land with wooded area in the distance. Seen in the distance is Cottage Number 6 including the barn, house, water tower, pump house, wagon shed, garage and spring house shown in images 20100001-hpicnpl-1519, 20100001-hpicnpl-1520, 20100001-hpicnpl-1521, 20100001-hpicnpl-1522. Haystacks are seen to the left of the road approaching the building. 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.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Marshall (Pa.: Township)
    Thorn Hill School (Marshall Township, Pa.)
    Farm Road (Marshall Township, Pa.)
  • 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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