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St. Francis de Sales School, McKees Rocks

Inscription: St. Francis de Sales School
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Unlike the adjacent church, St. Francis de Sales School found a new use when it closed, and it is still maintained. The alterations were heavy and unsympathetic, but we can still see enough of the original design to imagine the rest. The original part of the school was built in 1909; it appears to have been expanded later. This is the Margaret Street end, with the original inscription.

St. Francis de Sales School
St. Francis de Sales School

This end of the school appears to be a later expansion.

Belfry

The open belfry in this entrance tower, and the entrance below it, suggest some Art Nouveau influence.

St. Francis de Sales School
St. Francis de Sales School
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