Homewood Elementary School Career Conference
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@ Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center
Lou Malkin
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A Homewood Elementary School teacher explains construction materials from the Koppers Company to students. Homewood School was named for the Pittsburgh neighborhood in which it was located. Homewood derived its name from the colonial mansion built by Judge William Wilkins, who served as a United States Senator, Secretary of War, and Minister to Russia. The school, located at Hamilton and North Lang Avenues, opened in 1891 and housed fifteen recitation rooms, an auditorium, a teacher’s room, and two offices. In 1905 an addition, designed by architects Dean and Stoplet, was built that included a gymnasium and twelve recitation rooms. The school closed as an elementary school in 1980 and was converted to a Montessori magnet school.
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