{"nrhp_refnum":"86002660","name":"Colfax Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Beechwood Blvd. and Phillips Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.432965668000065,"lon":-79.91537538699998,"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":"Colfax Elementary School is a two-story red brick school building with a raised basement on Beechwood Boulevard and Phillips Avenue in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911 under the consolidated Pittsburgh Board of Public Education.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its Jacobean Revival design and for its association with architect Edward Stotz, whose work it is described as being the only elementary school example of in Pittsburgh. It is also presented as a transitional design between Stotz's earlier school designs and Schenley High School. The areas of significance named are architecture and education.","narrative":"Built in 1911 on a terrace above a curve in Beechwood Boulevard in Pittsburgh, Colfax Elementary School is a red brick building of Flemish bond with stone trim, a stone belt course, and tile-covered gabled roofs. Its centre section rises a full storey above the rest of the building, forming a projecting entrance tower with battlements and an elliptically arched entry. Inside, the halls have marble baseboards and concave cornices, and the kindergarten room features a polygonal bay with five stained glass windows. The school is one of the few Pittsburgh buildings by architect Edward Stotz designed for elementary pupils, and he also designed several major high schools in the city. The nomination treats it as a transitional work between his early compact school designs and the later Schenley High School. It was named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant. A teacher training function is recorded for a few years after opening.","period_of_significance":"1901-1920","architect_builder":"Edward Stotz (architect)","architectural_style":"Jacobean Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition with good integrity, as stated on the survey form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.734192-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002660.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002660/42e47aaef8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002660/42e47aaef8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ColfaxElementarySchool.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:ColfaxElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003450","name":"Frick Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/frick-park-100003450/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992166","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5144742"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/colfax-elementary-school-86002660/"}