Baxter Elementary School Playground

July 6, 1970

Title
Baxter Elementary School Playground
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Date
July 6, 1970
Identifier
20190726-hpiasc-0031
Description
View of the Baxter Elementary School playground. Built in 1910, the building was used originally as the Westinghouse High School until 1922, then as the Baxter Elementary school until 1928. From 1928 until 1955 the still operated as the Baxter Junior High School, when in 1955 the building was renovated and once again became the Baxter Elementary School until 1978 when it was closed. The following year in 1979 Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) opened in the former elementary school, serving children grades 6-12. In 2003 CAPA moved to its current location downtown at 111 9th Street. The school is now the Pittsburgh Student Achievement Center since 2004, teaching children in grades 6-12.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Playgrounds
Dwellings
Buildings
Geographic Subjects
Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
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