Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Belmar School, Homewood

Belmar school, front elevation

Thomas Cox McKee was the architect of this school, built in 1901. This Renaissance palace is probably his most important remaining work, now that the Shady Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church is gone. The school is no longer in use, so Father Pitt assigns it the Vulnerable label on his scale of Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, and Demolished.

Windows of the school
Lintel and wreath
Pilaster and window
Modernistic entrance
Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR.

A modernistic entrance is out of character with the main school, but it is probably better than a halfhearted attempt to match the original style.



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