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Busy South Hills High School Hallway

1963/1966

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Busy South Hills High School Hallway
  • Title
  • Busy South Hills High School Hallway
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B006.F02.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B006.F02.I05
  • Description
  • South Hills High School, located atop Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, was named for its location on a hilltop of the South Side. It occupied a city block bounded by Eureka, Ruth, Secane, and Harwood Streets, and served pupils from the Banksville, Beechwood, Lee, Brookline, and Overbrook communities of Pittsburgh. In addition, Saint Catherine, Resurrection, Saint Henry, and other parochial schools in the South Hills area sent students to this school. Originally planned as Bailey High School in 1915, the original Ruth Street wing opened April 7,1917, with 225 pupils in the 9th and 10th grades. The architectural firm of Alden & Marlow designed the original building and the addition, which was completed in 1925. South Hills High School was the second high school built and opened by the Pittsburgh School Board. The other was Schenley High School. At the dedication, the Superintendent of Buildings for the Pittsburgh Schools told the audience that South Hills would “equal and in some respects be superior to Schenley.” The school was closed in 1985.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • South Hills High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    High school students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    High schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs, 1880-1982, MSP 117, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center