1915 - St James School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted by: 
sherpes
N 40° 26.492 W 080° 01.966
17T E 582028 N 4477213
In the West End neighborhood
Waymark Code: WMDB9D
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2011
Views: 2
Saved from demolition in 1997, the building was purchased by entrepreneur Frank Sanns Jr, and converted into a facility used for wedding receptions. At first it was difficult to attract investors for the project, maybe because the West End had a bit of a bad reputation, and thus some would say that people would not come here for a wedding reception. But the skeptics were proven wrong, and the building has been booked 40 weekends a year.
The facility is now known as James Centre.
St James School was a catholic school of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese. In 1991, it was selected for closure due to declining enrollment. In that year, the student population K-8 was 118 students.
Year of construction: 1915
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
AMDG
ANNO DOMINI
MCMXV
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