Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples
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Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples (February 1865 - after 1940) was an American architect based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Five schools located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that were designed by Peoples have listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Peoples was born in Pennsylvania in 1865. He was the son of William Peoples, a stair builder. At the time of the 1870 United States Census, Peoples was living with his parents and three siblings in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1880 United States Census, Peoples was living in Chester, Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1900 United States Census, Peoples was living in Pittsburgh with his wife Emma and daughter Edith. By the time of the 1910 Census, Peoples also had a son Ulysses, Jr. He remained in Pittsburgh at the time of the 1920 and 1930 Censuses. By the time of the 1940 Census, Peoples and his wife Emma had relocated to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where both were employed as taxi cab dispatchers.
Peoples' works include:
Larimer School, Larimer Avenue at Winslow Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
Madison Elementary School, Milwaukee and Orion Streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
McCleary Elementary School, Holmes Street and McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
Oakland Public School, Dawson Street near Edith Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
Wightman School (1897), (now Wightman School Community Building), 5604 Solway Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed
^ Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
^ a b c d e f National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
^ Census entry for William Peoples and family. Ulysses age listed as five. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1870; Census Place: Allegheny Ward 2, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1290; Page: 95B; Image: 192; Family History Library Film: 552789.
^ Census entry for Ulysses Peoples, age 14. Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1880; Census Place: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1126; Family History Film: 1255126; Page: 397B; Enumeration District: 021; Image: 0406.
^ Census entry for U. J. Lincoln Peoples, architect, born Feb. 1865 in Pennsylvania, and family. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1900; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 19, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1361; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 223; FHL microfilm: 1241361.
^ Census entry for Ulysses J. Peoples, architect, age 45, and family. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 11, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1302; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0416; Image: 1020; FHL microfilm: 1375315.
^ Census entry for Ulysses Lincoln Peoples, architect, age 51, and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 8, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1517; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 445; Image: 994.
^ Census entry for Ulysses J. Peoples, architect, wife Emma, and daughter Virginia. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1977; Page: 38B; Enumeration District: 223; Image: 705.0; FHL microfilm: 2341711.
^ Census entry for U. J. L. Peoples, age 75, and wife Emma. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1940; Census Place: Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3508; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 26-111.
^ "Wightman School". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
^ "Wightman School Facility Becoming A School For Children". The Pittsburgh Press. September 8, 1981. Retrieved June 21, 2012.