File:WestinghouseHighSchoolFront.jpg

Summary

Picture of the front of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_High_School_(Pittsburgh)" class="extiw" title="en:Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh)">Westinghouse High School</a> located at 1101 North Murtland Street in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homewood_West_(Pittsburgh)" class="extiw" title="en:Homewood West (Pittsburgh)">Homewood West</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, on December 12, 2009. The school was built in 1917 to honor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse" class="extiw" title="en:George Westinghouse">George Westinghouse</a>, and is listed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">National Register of Historic Places</a>. Architects: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingham_%26_Boyd" class="extiw" title="en:Ingham & Boyd">Ingham & Boyd</a>. Architectural style: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" class="extiw" title="en:Neoclassical architecture">Classical Revival</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/historical_marker" class="extiw" title="en:historical marker">historical marker</a> near the front of the building says the following: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn" class="extiw" title="en:Billy Strayhorn">William 'Billy' Strayhorn</a> (1915-1967) - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" class="extiw" title="en:Jazz">Jazz</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/composer" class="extiw" title="en:composer">composer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_arranger" class="extiw" title="en:Music arranger">arranger</a>. Collaborator with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington" class="extiw" title="en:Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>. Billy Strayhorn's "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_the_%22A%22_Train" class="extiw" title='en:Take the "A" Train'>Take the A Train</a>" became the Ellington orchestra's theme song. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Strayhorn had his musical talents nurtured here." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Historical_and_Museum_Commission" class="extiw" title="en:Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission">Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission</a> 2005.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=471">[1]</a>

Other notable alumni of the school include: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erroll_Garner" class="extiw" title="en:Erroll Garner">Erroll Garner</a> (jazz pianist), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" class="extiw" title="en:Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a> (jazz pianist), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cunimondo" class="extiw" title="en:Frank Cunimondo">Frank Cunimondo</a> (jazz pianist), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" class="extiw" title="en:Maurice Stokes">Maurice Stokes</a> (NBA player in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="extiw" title="en:Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Fame</a>).

Licensing

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