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Birmingham School

1916-08-20

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Birmingham School
  • Title
  • Birmingham School
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B022.F03.I12
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B022.F03.I12
  • Description
  • Birmingham School was named for the neighborhood in Pittsburgh in which it was located. Birmingham Borough was planned by a former native of the iron metropolis in England. He prophesied that “Pittsburgh will one day become the Birmingham of America.” The school, located at 15th and Sarah Streets in Pittsburgh’s South Side section, was completed in 1871. In 1895 it had the first kindergarten in the city. The school was closed in 1943, and in 1944 it was sold to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh for $18,000 and renamed Saint Adalbert’s School.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Birmingham School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Morse School (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
  • 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