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Morewood Gardens

1940/1949

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Morewood Gardens
  • Title
  • Morewood Gardens
  • Creator
  • Brenner and Judge Associates
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F02.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F02.I03
  • Description
  • Morewood Gardens, located at the intersection of Morewood and Forbes Avenues in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, was once a seven-story, English-style luxury apartment complex built in 1928-29 that catered to the wealthy Pittsburgh elite. It comprised four towers, with sixty apartments, a penthouse, and a sundeck on the roof. It was considered one of the most outstanding complexes of its kind in Pittsburgh. Faced with the need for a new women's dormitory, Carnegie Mellon University acquired Morewood Gardens in the summer of 1946 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
  • Morewood Gardens (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Morewood Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Apartment 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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