{"nrhp_refnum":"86002693","name":"Morrow, John, Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1611 Davis Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.48001134400005,"lon":-80.03973536999996,"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":"A public elementary school occupying an entire small block at 1611 Davis Avenue in the Brighton Heights section of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was built in stages between 1895 and 1957 and is composed of three primary brick sections joined by passageways, with a later front wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a very good example of Pittsburgh schools built with large, sympathetic additions to serve growing neighborhood populations. Its older sections share a unified design, and the architect Samuel T. McClaren is believed to have shaped the overall concept through similar detailing at his Woolslair School. The school is listed under the Pittsburgh Public Schools Thematic Resource.","narrative":"Morrow Elementary School occupies an entire small block in Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights section, at 1611 Davis Avenue. It was first erected in 1895 as the 11th Ward School #2 of Allegheny City, which Pittsburgh annexed in 1907. The east section, added in 1904, was designed by Samuel T. McClaren and added eight rooms and a basement playroom; a west section followed in 1922 with more classrooms, an auditorium and a playroom. The older sections are built of orange Pompeiian brick on a stone foundation, with brick quoins, a brick diaper pattern on the upper walls, Palladian windows, and hipped roofs. In 1957 a front wing by architect H. L. Heilman replaced the original entrance. The school is significant for its architecture, as a good local example of schools expanded over time with additions that keep a unified design.","period_of_significance":"1881-1940","architect_builder":"Samuel T. McClaren (architect for the east section)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as fair; the school is in use as a school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.837781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002693.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002693/51572d5298-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002693/51572d5298-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnMorrowElementarySchool.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:JohnMorrowElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992144","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morrow_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6249542"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/morrow-john-elementary-school-86002693/"}