Old Central High School Site/Connelley Skill Center - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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Large Art Deco brick building with classical overtones (1920, 1939)
This facility has provided a unique service to high school boys since its opening in 1931 as a vocational school to whites and blacks alike but particularly blacks, who did not have other similar educational options; it now offers other educational services. It was one of the few of its kind for blacks in Allegheny County during the 1930s and 1940s. Dr. John Glasgow Turfley, Allegheny County's first registered black doctor was among the first black graduates of Old Central High
This facility has provided a unique service to high school boys since its opening in 1931 as a vocational school to whites and blacks alike but particularly blacks, who did not have other similar educational options; it now offers other educational services. It was one of the few of its kind for blacks in Allegheny County during the 1930s and 1940s. Dr. John Glasgow Turfley, Allegheny County's first registered black doctor was among the first black graduates of Old Central High
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