Westinghouse High School, Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 27.632 W 079° 54.017
17T E 593238 N 4479454
This monumental high school looks like a government building in Washington! It's a centerpiece of Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood.
Waymark Code: WMYJ1
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2006
Views: 216
Westinghouse High School has nearly a century-long history of producing jazz musicians and other geniuses from this predominantly African-American neighborhood. Among its famous alumni is Billy Strayhorn, composer of "Take the A Train," who's memorialized by a Pennsylvania Historic Marker in front of the school. Other jazz greats who walked these halls include jazz pianist Frank Cunimondo, pianist/composer Errol Garner, and Ahmad Jahmal, a more modern jazz keyboard player. Basketball Hall of Fame member Maurice Stokes ran up and down the court at Westinghouse High.
The architectural style of the school is classical revival, and the design firm was Ingham & Boyd.
Street address:
1101 N. Murtland St.
Pittsburgh, PA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Allegheny
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Education - School
Current function: Education - School
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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