Latimer School

1914/1979

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Latimer School
  • Title
  • Latimer School
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B005.F05.I06
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B005.F05.I06
  • Description
  • Construction began on Latimer Junior High School in 1898. On September 2, 1901, the school, known then as the New Third Ward School, was dedicated. The school was named in honor of Alexander Latimer, a former local school board president. In 1915 Latimer, located on the corner of Tripoli and North James Streets in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood, became a junior high school to help accommodate student overcrowding at Allegheny High School. Latimer Junior High School closed in 1982 and was sold to a developer who converted the building into School House Apartments, which preserve many of the original features of the structure, including the stairways, and classroom numbers.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Latimer Junior High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Third Ward School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Tripoli Street (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
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center