Pennsylvania's Endangered Schools 1998
The following schools across the Commonwealth are identified as endangered. If you know of others that are at risk, please contact Preservation Pennsylvania so that we may add them to our inventory. To get a better idea of the scope of the problem I have included a map to show that this is truly a statewide problem.
| COUNTY | SCHOOL | LOCATION | THREAT / STATUS |
| Allegheny | Baxter School Beltzhoover School Letsche School McCleary School Miller School Prospect School Rodgers School Schiller School South High South Hills High Sterrett School Washington Polytechnic Weil Technology Institute Westinghouse School Westlake School Woolslair Elementary School Longfellow (Denniston) School Hawkins (Milligan) School |
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Swissvale Swissvale |
Scheduled to close Scheduled to close Scheduled to close Scheduled to close Scheduled to close Schedule renovation Suggested closing or demolish Suggested closing or demolition Scheduled to close Suggested demoltion Suggested closing or demolition Scheduled to close Scheduled renovations Scheduled renovation Vacant/proposed demolition Scheduled to close Vacant Vacant |
| Beaver | Freedom Elementary School | Freedom | Conversion to housing |
| Bucks | Chancellor State School | Newtown | |
| Blair | Claysburg-Kimmel Jr. H.S. | Claysburg | Proposed renovation or demolition |
| Carbon | Nesquehoning High School Weatherly School |
Nesquehoning Weatherly |
Vacant/poss. conversion to housing Vacant |
| Chester | Coatesville (Scott) High School Downingtown Jr High School Hopewell (Oxford) School |
Coatesville Downingtown Oxford |
Vacant Still used as school Vacant/demolition pending |
| Clearfield | Allport School Wilson School DuBois Senior High School |
Allport DuBois DuBois |
Vacant Vacant Still school/proposed renovation |
| Clinton | Sugar Valley High School | Loganton | Vacant/possible demolition |
| Crawford | Meadville Jr High School | Meadville | Demolition |
| Dauphin | Hershey Consolidated School Harrisburg High School |
Derry Twp. Harrisburg |
Vacant/possible reuse Proposed consolidation |
| Delaware | Ridley Senior High School | Ridley Twp. | Demolition for parking |
| Huntingdon | Alfrata Elementary William Smith School Woodcock Valley Elementary Smithfield Elementary |
Huntingdon Huntingdon McConnellstown Smithfield |
Sold Sold |
| Jefferson | Falls Creek Elementary Jefferson Street School |
Falls Creek Punxsutawney |
Vacant Vacant/proposed demolition |
| Lackawanna | North Scranton Jr High School Scranton High School |
Scranton Scranton |
Vacant Severely undermined |
| Lawrence | New Castle High School | New Castle | Possible demolition |
| Luzerne | D.A. Harman Jr High School H.F. Grebey Jr High School Hazleton High School St. Gabriel's School Rutter Ave. Elementary School Old Nanticoke Junior H.S. Glen Lion School Cotton Avenue School Lt. Duddy School Maffett School Plains Junior High School Palmer Elementary School |
Hazleton Hazleton Hazleton Hazleton Kingston Nanticoke Newport Twp. Plains Township Plains Township Plains Township Plains Township Wilkes-Barre |
Vacant Vacant Proposed demolition Vacant/proposed demolition Vacant/proposed demolition Vacant/possible demolition Vacant Closed spring 1998 Closed spring 1998 Closed spring 1998 Closed spring 1998 Vacant |
| Lycoming | Broad Street School | Jersey Shore | Possible tax project |
| Montgomery | Rupert Elementary School | Pottstown | Demolition threat '97/defferred |
| Schuylkill | Garfield School Tamaqua Junior H.S. |
Pottsville Tamaqua |
Demolition Proposed new school const. |