286 Main St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Allegheny.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 30, 1986. NRIS 86002667.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Stephen C. Foster School, also known as the Stephen C. Foster Community Center, is a historic school building in the Central Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is named for composer Stephen Foster, whose father William Barclay Foster once owned the land on which the building is located. The school opened in 1886 and operated until 1939, when its students were transferred to the new elementary wing of Arsenal Junior High School. Since 1939, the building has been used as a community center.
The Foster School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is also a contributing property in the Lawrenceville Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992168