{"nrhp_refnum":"86002676","name":"Latimer School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Tripoli and James Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.456258717000026,"lon":-80.00085929399995,"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":"Latimer School is a three and one half story yellow brick school building on a stone base at Tripoli and James Streets in the Dutchtown neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. The form gives its construction date as 1898.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the building as an anchor for its Dutchtown neighborhood and a solid representative of 1890s school building design. Its fenestration and massing give it a lively Italianate character, while much of the detailing is Classically derived. It was designed by Frederick C. Sauer, a prolific Pittsburgh architect, and is listed as part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools thematic group.","narrative":"Latimer School is a massive yellow brick school building of three and one half stories on a stone base, standing on a block in Pittsburgh's Dutchtown neighborhood at Tripoli and James Streets. It was completed in 1898, and its date is carved above the main doorway on Tripoli Street. The building has a shallow hipped roof with dormers, a central open arcaded tower, and rounded arch and rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills. Its interior is laid out as an H-shaped network of wide hallways with classrooms along the perimeter. Frederick C. Sauer, a Pittsburgh architect who trained in Germany and began his own practice in 1884, designed the school. It is regarded as a solid example of 1890s school design, with fenestration that suggests Italianate work and detailing largely drawn from Classical sources. The school was named for Alexander C. Latimer, the last president of the Allegheny City School Board.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick C. Sauer (architect)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form states the school was closed after a 1974 study found it unsatisfactory for school use, and that the building was purchased in 1984 for conversion to market rate rental units.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.380841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002676.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002676/66c354380b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002676/66c354380b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latimer_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latimer_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992124","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latimer_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496157"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/latimer-school-86002676/"}