Allegheny High School

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Allegheny High School
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1904 "annex" building
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Location220 W. Commons St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°27′11″N80°0′32″W / 40.45306°N 80.00889°W / 40.45306; -80.00889
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1904
Architect Frederick J. Osterling; Marion M. Steen
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Art Deco
MPS Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No. 86002643 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1986
Designated CPHSMarch 15, 1974 [2]
Designated PHLF1992 [3]

Allegheny High School is a former high school in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1888 as the sole high school serving what was then the independent city of Allegheny. An annex was added in 1904 and the original 1888 building was replaced by a new Art-Deco-style structure in 1936. The surviving 1904 and 1936 buildings, which were designed by Frederick J. Osterling and Marion M. Steen respectively, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] [4]

The campus is no longer a high school but is still used by Pittsburgh Public Schools for elementary and middle grades (Allegheny PreK–5 and Allegheny 6–8).

Notable Allegheny High graduates include William N. Robson, award-winning writer, director, and producer from the old-time radio era [5] and Dorothy Mae Richardson, an African American community activist whose work was essential to the founding of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.

American novelist Willa Cather taught English and Latin at Allegheny High School, where she came to head the English department.

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  5. Quigley, Martin J. (1929). The Motion Picture Almanac. p. 70. Retrieved 6 February 2017.