{"nrhp_refnum":"86002657","name":"Beltzhoover Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cedarhurst and Estrella Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.41806741100004,"lon":-80.00165979599996,"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":"Beltzhoover Elementary School is a two-part school building at 341 South Bellefield Avenue in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The original two-story six-classroom square portion dates from 1905, and a larger addition on the north side dates from 1909.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the school is a representative example of the modest, working-class version of Classical Revival school design common in Pittsburgh's neighborhoods at the turn of the century. It is valued for its bell tower, which gives the building its character and serves as a neighborhood focal point, and for the surviving original windows and details. The form describes it as simpler than the East End schools, and it is significant in the areas of education and architecture.","narrative":"Built in two stages, in 1905 and 1909, the Beltzhoover school is a Classical Revival building of brick on a steep site above Cedarhurst Street in Pittsburgh. The earlier two-story section held six classrooms and has a hipped standing seam tin roof, copper eaves and a corbeled brick cornice. The 1909 addition quadrupled the building's size and added its main feature, a two-stage bell tower with a pyramidal roof, set above a pedimented entry. The tower is ornamented with brick dentils, pilaster strips and louvered openings, and the entry bears a datestone reading 1909. Shaw and the Lloyd Brothers are the recorded architects. The school is listed for its representation of modest, working-class school design in Pittsburgh around 1900 to 1920, with a simpler form than the contemporary East End schools. It has a basement cafeteria, a gymnasium formed from two classrooms, and wood floors throughout. The nomination places it in the Beltzhoover neighborhood, settled after the Mt. Washington trolley tunnel opened nearby.","period_of_significance":"1901-1920","architect_builder":"W.J. Shaw (1905 section); Thomas Lloyd, Lloyd Brothers (1909 section)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition; original wooden one-over-one windows survive; auxiliary stairs closed due to structural damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.554608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002657.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002657/9f26ecf5f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002657/9f26ecf5f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeltzhooverElementarySchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeltzhooverElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992190","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltzhoover_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/beltzhoover-elementary-school-86002657/"}