{"nrhp_refnum":"86002649","name":"Bayard School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4830 Hatfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.477004805000036,"lon":-79.95784568799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bayard School is a two-story brick former public school building on a small mid-block site in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1874 and its main facade faces Hatfield Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of Pittsburgh's oldest school buildings and an unusual, somewhat awkward Italianate design. It is associated with the period when city schools were constituted and operated by the city ward system, before professional architects were used for city schools. The nomination also places it within the Pittsburgh Public Schools thematic group.","narrative":"Brick and Italianate, Bayard School is a two-story schoolhouse on a small mid-block lot in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood, with its main facade facing Hatfield Street. Construction is dated to 1874, although land for the school was assembled in 1840 and 1871 and the building may have been built in two stages. It was first known as the Seventh Ward Public School and the Washington Public School, and it was renamed Bayard School by the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education after an early landowner. The facade has a large rounded arch entry doorway, segmentally arched windows with projecting brick dripmolds, and a wood cornice with paired brackets. Its present state is altered, with concrete block and metal additions at the front and rear for later warehouse use. The building is regarded as one of Pittsburgh's oldest school buildings and as an unusual, somewhat awkward Italianate design. It also reflects the period when city schools were run by the ward system, before professional architects were used for them.","period_of_significance":"1861-1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The building was closed in 1938 and sold in 1941, and it was later used as a warehouse with concrete block and metal additions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.204756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002649.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002649/1c21b9f365-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002649/1c21b9f365-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Eli Pousson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayard_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Pousson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayard_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004020","name":"Lawrenceville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lawrenceville-historic-district-100004020/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992196","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874344"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/bayard-school-86002649/"}