Morewood Gardens under Construction

1924-09-15

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Title
Morewood Gardens under Construction
Identifier
MSP33.B010.F08.I05
Source Identifier
MSP33.B010.F08.I05
Description
Morewood Gardens, located at 1052-1078 Morewood Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, was designed by architects Victor C. Farrar and Marks & Kann. The structure comprised four towers, with sixty apartments, a penthouse, and a sundeck on the roof. It was considered one of the outstanding complexes of its kind in Pittsburgh. Faced with the need for a new women's dormitory, in the summer of 1946 Carnegie Mellon University acquired Morewood Gardens from the Morewood Corporation for slightly more than $1 million (much less than the $3 million estimated cost of the building). Students first occupied the structure in the fall of 1948. Morewood E-Tower was added to the building in 1961.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Carnegie-Mellon University.Morewood Gardens.
Morewood Gardens (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Apartment buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Steel framing (Building)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
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