Aerial View of St. Anthony's School

ca. 1959-1990

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Title
Aerial View of St. Anthony's School
Date
ca. 1959-1990
Identifier
20100427-ocl-0857
Source Identifier
2003.05
Description
The aerial view of St. Anthony's School for Exceptional Children reveals the size of the complex. The original classroom building is on the right, with the large classroom building and chapel added in 1959 to the left. Established in 1952 by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, St. Anthony's School for Exceptional Children was built on Hulton Road between Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets to cater to children with disabilities. Previous to this, St. Anthony's had been an orphanage run by the Catholic Diocese. When the school opened, there were 45 students enrolled, but the numbers increased later, which led to the expansion mentioned above in 1959. In 1963, St. Anthony's added a vocational program to their educational services. The 1990s brought a decline to the enrollment at St. Anthony's, as children were mainstreamed to other parochial schools within the diocese. The school closed soon after, was sold and now the property belongs to The Summit at Oakmont, a development of private homes.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
St. Anthony's School (Oakmont, Pa.)
Schools--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
School buildings--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Parochial schools--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
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