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Stephen C. Foster School

1915

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Stephen C. Foster School
  • Title
  • Stephen C. Foster School
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F03.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F03.I05
  • Description
  • Foster School was named in honor of noted Pittsburgh poet and writer, Stephen C. Foster. The land on which the school sat was originally owned by Colonel William B. Foster who used it as a military burial ground. In 1886 Foster’s descendants donated the land to the Pittsburgh. The school, located on Main Street near Butler Street, remained in use until 1939. It was one of three schools in the Washington Sub-District, known as the Lawrenceville Borough Schools, until 1868 when the borough was incorporated into the City of Pittsburgh. The property was eventually leased to the Catholic Boys Center in 1955.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Stephen C. Foster School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Main Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    School buildings--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