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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