Seventh highest building in PGH ?
Jun 19, 2015
Seventh highest building in PGH ?
Peci
Beginnings …
• 1921 – John Bowman tenth chancellor of the University.
• Frick Acres – Mellon family• Gothic architects - Charles
Klauder - two years to finish• “the masonry was started
from the top downward”
Who is the tallest in PGH …
• 1926 - the tallest building in Pittsburgh
• Now the seventh• The U.S. Steel Tower• However, the tallest
educational building in the Western hemisphere.
How …
• donations from industries
• Corporations• Individuals• foreign governments• "Buy a Brick for Pitt“• 97,000 certificates
Rooms
• Commons Room• Nationality Rooms• Classrooms• Croghan-Schenley
Ballroom• Darlington Memorial
Library• Braun Room
• University Honors College
• Babcock Room• Studio Theater• McCarl Center for
Nontraditional Student Success
Commons Room
• 52 ft (16 m) tall• Very expensive• "You cannot build a
great University with fraud in it“ Bowman
Nationality Rooms
• 27 Nationality Rooms (not sure)
• Where ? – 1 and 3• When ? – 1926• Who ? - each
nationality that had a significant number of people in Pittsburgh
Croghan-Schenley Ballroom - room 156
• A story behind …• William S. Miller, then
president of Steelwood Corp., purchased the Croghan mansion
• 1955 - were dismantled and rebuilt in the Cathedral
Darlington Memorial Library
• Where ? – sixth floor• American history and
literature• Entrance• Main Room
Braun Room and University Honors College
• Where BR? - twelfth floor
• Where UHC ? -35th and 36th
• Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) degree
Summary
• The tallest educational building in the Western hemisphere.
• "Buy a Brick for Pitt“• Nationality Rooms• “They shall find wisdom here and faith—in
steel and stone, in character and thought—they shall find beauty, adventure, and moments of high victory,” John Bowman.
Q and A ?
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