{"nrhp_refnum":"86002701","name":"Park Place School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Braddock and Brashear Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.44485161700004,"lon":-79.89572823399999,"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":"Park Place School is a two-story Second Renaissance Revival school building on South Braddock and Brashear Avenues in the East End of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1903 and is classified as a school building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a grand example of Edwardian-era public school design, with excellent integrity and a Classical style that reflects the shift toward Classical elegance in East End schools. Its cost of $100,000 before furnishing is presented as evidence of the importance placed on education in this part of the city. The interior, including the central split stairway, classroom cloakrooms and original stained glass, is described as largely unaltered.","narrative":"Built in 1903 in Pittsburgh's East End, Park Place School is a two-story brick building of nine by seven bays in the Second Renaissance Revival style. Its west facade on Braddock Avenue has a central pediment-crowned pavilion with dentils, antefixes and a wreath in the tympanum, and a round-arched entry supported by Ionic columns. The building has solid brick walls, steel girders and terra cotta tile floors, erected on the Johnson long-span construction system. Ellsworth Dean designed the school, and the A. & S. Wilson Company was the general contractor. Its interior holds nine classrooms, a basement drill room, a central split stairway with metal treads, marble hallway floors and tile wainscoting. The building cost $100,000 before furnishing, an unusually large sum for a small school, and the nomination takes this as a sign of the importance placed on education locally. The school was named for a nearby park and camp-meeting ground, both since demolished. It closed in June 1979 and remains vacant.","period_of_significance":"1901-1920","architect_builder":"Ellsworth Dean (architect); A. & S. Wilson Company (general contractor)","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The school closed in June 1979 and remains vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.90266-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002701/d20bb39c9d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002701/d20bb39c9d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Place_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Place_School.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003450","name":"Frick Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/frick-park-100003450/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992152","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Place_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137934"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/park-place-school-86002701/"}