{"nrhp_refnum":"86002692","name":"Mifflin Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mifflin Rd. at Lincoln Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.36980761800004,"lon":-79.91485661399997,"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":"Mifflin Elementary School is a three-story Art Moderne school building on a terraced hillside overlooking Mifflin Road at Lincoln Place in Pittsburgh's Thirty-first Ward, Allegheny County. It was opened in 1932 and designed by the Pittsburgh firm Link, Weber, and Bowers.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the school as unique in Allegheny County for its Art Moderne styling and as one of the last schools designed by independent architects before the School Board established its own architectural department in 1934. Its unusual brickwork, understated ornament, and carefully planned interior spaces are cited as evidence of a high degree of stylistic sophistication.","narrative":"Built in 1932 as a three-story brick school on a terraced hillside above Mifflin Road in Pittsburgh, Mifflin Elementary was designed by the firm Link, Weber, and Bowers in the Art Moderne style. Its flat roof, rounded corners, and ribbon windows give it a horizontal, streamlined profile. The facade brickwork uses a variation on common bond, with incised wave patterns on alternate headers, and pilaster strips define the bays. The interior includes a 320-seat auditorium, a gymnasium with a folding divider, a separate kindergarten entry, and terrazzo hallway floors with marble wainscoting. Two stair-stair murals by Herbert H. Davis were partly funded by the Public Works of Art Projects in 1934. A 1956 two-story addition by Franklin, Douden and Associates is attached at the northwest corner. The school is regarded as one of the most accomplished Moderne schools in the county.","period_of_significance":"1921-1940","architect_builder":"Link, Weber, & Bowers (architects)","architectural_style":"Art Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition; operating as a school serving kindergarten through eighth grade","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.562069-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002692.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002692/016aaaa001-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002692/016aaaa001-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MifflinElementarySchool.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:MifflinElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992158","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifflin_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/mifflin-elementary-school-86002692/"}