page_title: Marion M. Steen
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Marion M. Steen / Biography / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Schiller Elementary School (also known as Schiller School) located at 1018 Peralta Street in the East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 2009. The school was built in 1939, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Architects: Marion M. Steen (1886–1966), Edward J. Weber (1877–1968), Edward Crump, Jr., Inc. Architectural style: Art Deco. The school is still in use today, as part of the Pittsburgh Public School System, and is known as Schiller Classical Academy (also known as Schiller Classical Academy Middle School).
context_page_description: Marion M. Steen was a Pittsburgh-based architect associated with a number of schools in the area.
context_section_description: A number of his works designated as Pittsburgh Landmarks and some are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. His NRHP-listed works include Allegheny High School (1904), Letsche Elementary School (1905),  Washington Vocational School (1908), Knoxville Junior High School (1927), Prospect Junior High and Elementary School (1931), Arsenal Junior High School (1931), Conroy Junior High School,  Lemington Elementary School (1937) and  Schiller Elementary School (1939). The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation described his work on the latter, located on the Peralta and Wettach Streets in East Dutchtown, as "a fine essay in the use of deep-red textured brickwork, laid to produce zigzag Modernistic ornament." Other notable buildings include Concord Elementary School (1939, in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh), Stevens Elementary School (1940, in the Elliott neighborhood of Pittsburgh), the Washington Polytechnic Academy (Washington School) in Lawrenceville and the Weil Technology Institute (1942).
caption: Schiller Elementary School (1939)
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