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Frick Art Museum

1935/1980

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Frick Art Museum
  • Title
  • Frick Art Museum
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F14.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F14.I01
  • Description
  • The Frick Art Museum, located at 7227 Reynolds Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh, was designed by Thomas C. Pratt & Associates. The exterior of the building is constructed of Alabama limestone in the Italian Renaissance style. Contributing to the elegance of the interior are marbles quarried in Italy and Portugal, African and Burmese teakwood, Honduras Mahogany, velvet and damask wall coverings. Miss Helen Clay Frick, daughter of the late Henry Clay Frick, opened the museum to the public in October of 1970.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Frick Art Museum (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Point Breeze (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Museums--Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh.
    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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