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Ewart Building

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Ewart Building
  • Title
  • Ewart Building
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F24.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F24.I02
  • Description
  • The Ewart Building, originally the headquarters of Samuel Ewart and Company, wholesale grocers, opened in 1891. Architect Henry Hobson Richardson designed the building in the Romanesque style, which was very popular during that time period. Combining the Classical and Romantic styles, it was one of the United State's first modern office buildings as well as one of the first buildings to use electricity. It is located at Liberty Avenue and 7th Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Ewart Building (Pittsburgh, Pa)
    Richardson, H.H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Commercial 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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