Homewood Schools students entering the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library

1917-11-19

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Homewood Schools students entering the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library
  • Title
  • Homewood Schools students entering the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F05.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B023.F05.I04
  • Description
  • A view of Homewood School students crossing the street to enter the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library. Homewood School was named after the Pittsburgh community in which it was located. Homewood itself derived its name from the rural estate of Judge William Wilkins, a United States Senator and former Secretary of War. The first Homewood School building following the community’s incorporation into the City of Pittsburgh as the 21st Ward was an eight-room frame building on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Clawson Street, which opened in 1876. A new building was constructed on Hamilton and North Lang Avenues in 1891 to accommodate the growing student population. This building contained twelve classrooms and a gymnasium. By 1915 the school contained 27 classrooms, a gymnasium, a teacher’s dining room, and two administrative offices. Another addition was added to the building in 1958, and in 1962 four new buildings were constructed containing seven “demountable classrooms.” Homewood School was converted to a City of Pittsburgh magnet school in 1980.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Homewood School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    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