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Bell Telephone Building

1935/1980

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Bell Telephone Building
  • Title
  • Bell Telephone Building
  • Creator
  • Judge of Good Pictures
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F07.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F07.I01
  • Description
  • Rising above the First Lutheran Church on Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, the Bell Telephone Building is an example of a popular style of architecture called “the International School.” Derided by some critics as a totally forgettable building, the structure does boast the distinction of being nuclear-bomb-resistant. Architect H.J. Larsen designed the $21 million, 16-story structure with strength in mind because of the heavy equipment that would be housed there. The floor load capacity is 300 pounds per square foot, substantially higher than the 50 to 60 pounds per square foot of a typical office building. Construction of the building was completed in 1969.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bell Telephone Company Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    First English Evangelical Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Grant Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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