{"nrhp_refnum":"84003088","name":"Longfellow School","other_names":["Deniston School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Monroe St. and McClure Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.422291029000064,"lon":-79.89173551499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½ story brick Classical Revival school building on a terraced corner lot in Swissvale Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, built in 1902. It was originally named Longfellow School and renamed Deniston School in 1904.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an architecturally intact representative of an early urban school of the streetcar era and Swissvale's only remaining school from its period of growth. It is described as a more fully developed example of Classical Revival school design than other regional schools of the time. A possible but unconfirmed link to architect Frederick Scheibler is also noted.","narrative":"Built in 1902 in Swissvale Borough, this two-and-a-half-story brick school stands on a terraced corner lot near Pittsburgh. Designed by the firm of Reiger and Currier, with George Hogg as contractor, it has a square plan, a hip roof pierced by four corbelled chimneys, and a nine-bay west front. Its pillared entries, Palladian-type window over each door, and Roman-arched second-floor windows follow Classical Revival conventions, while the exposed rafters and widely spaced brackets under the eaves are unusual. The building was the first school erected in Swissvale after the borough's 1898 incorporation and was named Longfellow School before being renamed for the Deniston family in 1904. Its construction followed a 330 percent population rise in the borough's first decade of the twentieth century. The building is regarded as a notable local example of its style and of early school design in the region.","period_of_significance":"1900-1930","architect_builder":"Reiger & Currier (architects); George Hogg (contractor)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Much of the interior has suffered fire and water damage; nearly all windows are boarded.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.756641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003088.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003088/2bad78eaec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003088/2bad78eaec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Max Chistokletov","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Longfellow_School_-_Corner.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Chistokletov</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Longfellow_School_-_Corner.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997734","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longfellow_School_(Swissvale,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15242801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/longfellow-school-84003088/"}