Edward Stotz

From Palmer’s Pictorial Pittsburgh, 1905

Edward Stotz designed the first million-dollar high school in America: Schenley High, now apartments. That should be enough of a distinction to place him among our more important architects. He usually worked in a classical style, but he was able to do a very creditable Gothic or Flemish Renaissance.

The successors to Stotz’ firm, MCF Architecture, are still active and claim many prominent Pittsburgh landmarks, including the Point Fountain.

Schenley High School

Here is a partial list of his buildings:

Building	Year
Colfax Elementary School, Squirrel Hill	1911
Fifth Avenue High School, Uptown	1893
Hartley-Rose Building	1907
Mercy Hospital	1926
Monongahela Bank (Wood Street subway station)	1927
Schenley High School	1916
St. Kieran’s Church, Lawrenceville	1907
St. Mary’s Convent, Oakland	1909
St. Paul’s Orphan Asylum (now Seminary), East Carnegie	1901

For more buildings by Stotz, check the Great Big List of Buildings and Architects, which is kept up to date with Father Pitt’s latest research.

Hartley-Rose Building