{"nrhp_refnum":"86002687","name":"Madison Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Milwaukee and Orion Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.45464087400006,"lon":-79.96043178399998,"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":"Madison Elementary School is a two-story brick school on a corner site in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with an original 1902 building and a 1929 addition. It is built of brick with terra cotta ornament on a high stone basement.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant for its exuberant architectural detailing, especially the terra cotta entry ornament, and for its association with the city's first era of public school construction. The reviewer's comments cite architecture as the area of significance.","narrative":"Madison Elementary School occupies a corner lot in Pittsburgh's Milwaukee Street area, built in 1902 as a five-bay, two-story brick school on a tall stone basement. Architect Ulysses J. L. Peoples, who specialized in school design, gave the entries rounded arches and richly carved terra cotta featuring monkeys, snakes, cherubs and other beasts. Peoples had worked at D.H. Burnham & Company in Chicago, and the nomination links his terra cotta forms to displays at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. A 1929 addition by Pringle & Robling, of buff brick with understated Art Deco detailing, extends the original building. The school is listed for its architectural detailing and for its association with the early wave of public school construction in Pittsburgh.","period_of_significance":"1901-1920","architect_builder":"Ulysses J. L. Peoples (architect); Pringle & Robling (architects of the 1929 addition)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Original hipped roof, skylight and chimney have been lost; window sash is replacement; the building is in fair condition and in school use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.27369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002687/345581bf20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002687/345581bf20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MadisonElementarySchool.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:MadisonElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Elementary_School_(Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6727968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/madison-elementary-school-86002687/"}