Turtle Creek High School

The story

Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com

Turtle Creek High School is a school building at 126 Monroeville Ave. in Turtle Creek, Allegheny County. Its design was chosen through a 1916 competition, and it was built in 1917-1918 in the Classical Revival style.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2007 under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1917 to 1939, covering the 1917-1918 construction and a 1938-1939 expansion the school board approved in 1938. The nomination credits George H. Schwan as the architect of the design.

Physical character

The building has brick walls on a concrete foundation, with terra cotta trim and an asphalt roof. The nomination also names Ingham & Boyd and Edward Stotz as architects and Dawson Construction Company and Hunter & Caldwell as builders. The property covers 3.5 acres with one contributing building; part of it was demolished in 1977.

Historical context

Ground was broken on August 14, 1917, and the building opened for classes on February 1, 1919. East Pittsburgh formed its own high school in 1925, and Wilmerding withdrew from the Union High School alliance in 1937. The building became Woodland Hills East Junior High School in the 1980s.