Union Arcade Construction View of Finished Roof

October 4, 1916

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Union Arcade Construction View of Finished Roof
  • Title
  • Union Arcade Construction View of Finished Roof
  • Creator
  • Photo Products Co.
  • Date
  • October 4, 1916
  • Identifier
  • 0078.UT
  • Description
  • The ornate roof had been completed, and work continued on the roof-top steeples which were still under construction. Looking east from Kaufmann's Department Store, the William Penn Hotel is visible in the background. The Union Arcade in downtown Pittsburgh was built for Henry Clay Frick from 1915-1916, and opened for business in early 1917. Local architect Frederick J. Osterling designed the Flemish-Gothic style building which originally housed 240 retail shops and 700 offices throughout its 11 stories. The building, featuring a soaring rotunda with a Tiffany glass dome, was one of three buildings along Grant Street that Frick built in the early 1900s. In 1922 it became known as the Union Trust Building and is currently identified as Two Mellon Center. All photos are credited to Photo Products Co. of Pittsburgh, a company located in the neighboring Pittsburgh Times-Leader Building.
  • Place of Publication
  • Downtown
  • Type
  • still image
  • Subject
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Union Arcade Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Osterling, F.J., 1865-1934.
    William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Hotels-Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Union Arcade Building Photographs
  • Rights Information
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