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Hancock School
1916-11-10
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Title
Hancock School
Identifier
MSP117.B004.F03.I06
Source Identifier
MSP117.B004.F03.I06
Description
Hancock School, located at 818-20 Webster Avenue, had an interesting story connected with its naming. After the initial naming of the old Third Ward School for the leader of the Republican Party, Ulysses S. Grant, the Board of Directors in this district promptly retaliated by naming this school for General Winfield Scott Hancock, who represented the rival political party. Adult foreign classes were taught at the school from 1927 until 1940. The school was closed on July 1, 1937, and razed in 1945.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Hancock School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Webster Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Public schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Hill District (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