{"nrhp_refnum":"86002716","name":"Westinghouse High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101 N. Murtland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.46084663700003,"lon":-79.90089200399996,"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 three-story L-shaped school building of smooth-faced limestone at 1101 North Murtland Street in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, occupying the block bounded by Monticello, North Murtland and Hermitage Avenues. It was designed in 1921 by the local firm Ingham & Boyd and was built in phases through 1931.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a transitional Neo-Classical building, using a more literal Classical vocabulary than the nearby Schenley and Taylor Allderdice high schools. It is named for George Westinghouse, and it is described as one of Ingham & Boyd's largest works. The building was listed as part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools multiple resource area.","narrative":"A three-story limestone school at 1101 North Murtland Street in Pittsburgh, designed in 1921 by the local firm Ingham & Boyd and completed in phases through 1931. Its flat roof, parapet urns and paired windows give it a Neo-Classical character, with a central east pavilion, a trio of rounded-arch entry recesses and Ionic pilasters at the entries. The school is named for George Westinghouse, the inventor of the railway air brake and a promoter of alternating current lighting. Architect Charles Tattersol Ingham, who had trained in Boston and worked on large Pittsburgh commissions, later partnered with William Boyd Jr. The building is regarded as a transitional design between the Schenley and Taylor Allderdice high schools. Its interior, including an auditorium, three gymnasiums and two pools, reflects its utilitarian purpose more than its Classical exterior. Its significance rests on its design by a prominent local firm and its role in Pittsburgh's public school building program.","period_of_significance":"1921-1940","architect_builder":"Ingham & Boyd (architects)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; in use as a school at the time of survey.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.521937-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86002716.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002716/c642ae5e0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002716/c642ae5e0d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestinghouseHighSchool.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:WestinghouseHighSchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992134","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_High_School_(Pittsburgh)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7988945"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/westinghouse-high-school-86002716/"}