{"nrhp_refnum":"86002711","name":"Springfield Public School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Smallman and Thirty-first Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.460052519000044,"lon":-79.97119924899994,"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":"Springfield Public School is a three-story brick school building on a corner lot in Pittsburgh's Strip District, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1871 and later converted to warehouse use.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a good example of a large-scale Italianate schoolhouse, designed by architect T. D. Evans. Its integrity has been diminished by alterations, but its design and scale are the basis for its significance in architecture.","narrative":"Springfield Public School is a bulky three-story brick schoolhouse on a corner lot in Pittsburgh's Strip District, where it rises above low industrial and warehouse buildings. Built in 1871, it has a nine-bay facade with a projecting three-bay center section topped by a pedimented gable roof. Stone basement and watertable, a stone beltcourse with brick dentils, and a wood box cornice give it its Italianate character, and the entry trio has rounded stone arches with incised keystones on Corinthian columns. The school opened as part of the Springfield Sub-district and was closed in 1934 as the local residential population declined. The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education then used it as a district warehouse from 1934 to 1946, and it has remained a warehouse since its sale in 1946. Its windows have been replaced and the upper floors altered, but it is regarded as a good example of a large Italianate schoolhouse in the city.","period_of_significance":"1861-1880","architect_builder":"T. D. Evans (?)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently for sale; has been used as a warehouse since 1946.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.436266-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002711.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002711/9f37a79340-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002711/9f37a79340-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpringfieldPublicSchool.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:SpringfieldPublicSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992126","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Public_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7581031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/springfield-public-school-86002711/"}