The Allegheny High School in

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is a building from 1904. It was listed on the

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in 1986. Notable graduates include

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, award-winning writer, director, and producer from the

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era and

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, an

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whose work was essential to the founding of the

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. American novelist

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taught English and Latin at Allegheny High School, where she came to head the English department. The building is now the Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8, a magnet school located in the North Side.

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Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8
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