{"nrhp_refnum":"86002666","name":"Fort Pitt Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5101 Hillcrest St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.46897732700006,"lon":-79.94192724699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fort Pitt Elementary School is a two-story brown brick school building on a raised basement with a central tower, on a hilltop site in Pittsburgh's East End at 5101 Hillcrest Street, Allegheny County. It was built in 1905 with two rear wings added in 1910, forming a C-shaped plan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is one of Pittsburgh's earliest and best examples of the Jacobean Revival style as used for American school design in the early twentieth century. Its architectural significance rests on the massing in that style combined with more purely Gothic detailing, including terra cotta ornament and interior woodwork.","narrative":"Built in 1905 on a hilltop overlooking Pittsburgh's East End, Fort Pitt Elementary School is a two-story brown brick building on a raised basement, with a central tower rising one story higher. Charles M. Bartberger designed the original section, and his firm Charles M. Bartberger & Son added two rear wings in 1910, giving the building a C-shaped plan. The tower has a battlemented top, a terra cotta frieze, and a Tudor-arched main entry with Gothic tracery. Inside, the halls have marble baseboards, paneled wainscoting, and a patterned tile floor, and the east stair is iron with Gothic detailing. The school is regarded as one of Pittsburgh's earliest and best examples of the Jacobean Revival style used for American school design in the early twentieth century. Its massing follows that style, while the detailing is more purely Gothic than was customary. The property was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1901-1920","architect_builder":"Charles M. Bartberger (architect); Henry Shenk Co. (builder)","architectural_style":"Jacobean Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The building has a modern addition at the rear; the original 1910 playroom and shop rooms have been superseded by it, and the clock in the tower is no longer operational.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.53579-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002666.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002666/1753f94225-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002666/1753f94225-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FortPittElementarySchool.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:FortPittElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992130","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pitt_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/fort-pitt-elementary-school-86002666/"}