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Larimer School

1917-04-19

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Larimer School
  • Title
  • Larimer School
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F06.I09
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F06.I09
  • Description
  • Larimer School was named for the street on which it was located. The school, located at Larimer Avenue and Winslow Street in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, was originally a twelve-room Gothic style structure built in 1896. In 1904 an eight-story tower was added that was said to be a replica of one of the Campaniles of Italy. The tower’s clock was illuminated by 32 light bulbs and became a beacon for a most of the East End section of Pittsburgh. The school also held Americanization and citizenship classes in the evenings during the early part of the twentieth century. In 1986 Larimer School was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Larimer School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lincoln-Larimer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Students--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