Larimer School
Larimer School | |
 Main building in 2025 | |
  Location within Pittsburgh  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Larimer Ave. at Winslow St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°27′56″N 79°54′46″W / 40.4656°N 79.9128°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architect | Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples; Rowland, George M. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Art Deco |
| MPS | Pittsburgh Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002675[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1986 |
The Larimer School, which is located in the Larimer neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American school that was built in 1896.
The school closed in 1980[2] and remained vacant for about 40 years. In 2021–22, it was renovated into 35 mixed-income residential units.[3][4]
History and architectural features
[edit]An addition was made in 1904, and the auditorium and gymnasium were added in 1931. The interior includes terrazzo floors and marble wainscotting. The exterior includes an ornately decorated door on the southwestern side of the building (perhaps Romanesque-inspired Renaissance Revival) with statues on pillars, a bas-relief sculpture over the door, and human faces near a marble portion of the roof. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1][5]
Further reading
[edit]- Larimer School at Abandoned
References
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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Larimer School Set to Be Sold by Board Soon". Pittsburgh Press. October 29, 1981. Retrieved November 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Felton, Julia (October 21, 2021). "Former Larimer School to be renovated in Pittsburgh housing development project". Pittsburgh Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ↑ Giammarise, Kate; Forstadt, Jillian (November 18, 2024). "Pittsburgh is considering closing more than a dozen schools. Can they become affordable housing?". 90.5 WESA. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
- ↑ Lu Donnelly (May 1985). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Larimer School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 8, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
