{"nrhp_refnum":"86002679","name":"Lawrence Public School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3701 Charlotte St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.46702906100006,"lon":-79.96554895599996,"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":"Lawrence Public School is a three-story brick school building in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, at 3701 Charlotte Street. It was built in 1872 and is now used as a warehouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant in education and architecture as one of the early Pittsburgh public school buildings, associated with the first era of public school construction in the city. It is described as a rare surviving example of the school named for its Lawrenceville community, and the document notes its construction was driven by a stated need for German language instruction. The building's architectural design is linked to the firm Barr & Moser.","narrative":"Built in 1872 at 3701 Charlotte Street in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood, this three-story brick school is among the early public schools built in the city. Its construction was prompted by a stated need for German language instruction in the community, and it was named for Lawrenceville. The building is one of a group of Pittsburgh schoolhouses associated with the firm Barr & Moser, which was the earliest identified architectural firm involved in Pittsburgh public school design. The firm also designed Central High School, the city's first public high school. The school's design includes projecting center and corner bays, tall narrow windows with segmented and rounded arches, and a brick cornice with corbeled brackets. The school closed in 1939 when students moved to Arsenal Elementary School, and the building was sold in 1945. Later brick additions have altered its original form, including the loss of its hipped roof and cupola, and its interior is presumed to be significantly compromised.","period_of_significance":"1861-1880","architect_builder":"Barr & Moser","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as a warehouse; closed as a school in 1939 and sold in 1945. Exterior is in considerable disrepair and original hipped roof and cupola have been lost.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.348771-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002679.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002679/a9d8351cf8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002679/a9d8351cf8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Eli Pousson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawrence_Public_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:Lawrence_Public_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/71992200","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Public_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6504501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/lawrence-public-school-86002679/"}