Father Pitt

A. E. Linkenheimer was the architect of this tiny school,¹ which appears to have had two classrooms. Tiny as it was, he still made it into a splendid fantasy castle. It is now well preserved as a funeral home.

The city counts “Spring Hill–City View” as one neighborhood for planning purposes, but the street signs at major intersections do make the distinction, identifying the neighborhood as either “Spring Hill” or “City View.”

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1. Philadelphia Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide, July 2, 1890, p. 388. “At Allegheny, A. E. Linkenheimer, 141 Federal street, has prepared plans for…the City View school house, cost $6,000.” ↩︎