Lemington Elementary School (former) – Pittsburgh PA

City:
Pittsburgh, PA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1937

Designers:
Edward J. Weber, Marion M. Steen, Navarro Corp.

Description

Pittsburgh’s historic, Art Deco-style Lemington Elementary School building was built in 1937 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $176,693 grant for the project, whose total cost was $428,894.

“Portions of the exterior are ornamented with terra cotta, and feature Mayan-inspired motifs such as an amber sunburst frieze and stylized human faces. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”

It is no longer in service as a school.

PWA Docket No. PA [W]1316

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 33.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemington_Elementary_School

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 17, 2018.

Location Info


7060 Lemington Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Coordinates: 40.470073, -79.89656

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2 comments on “Lemington Elementary School (former) – Pittsburgh PA

  1. Leanna Williams

    Boarding school in the 1851 was this site a boarding school at one time?

  2. Frederick Bricker

    I attended Lemington from 1/59 through 56 receiving my Salk Vaccine for Polio there in 1954

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  1. Leanna Williams

    Boarding school in the 1851 was this site a boarding school at one time?

  2. Frederick Bricker

    I attended Lemington from 1/59 through 56 receiving my Salk Vaccine for Polio there in 1954

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