Allegheny County Courthouse Interior

1889

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Allegheny County Courthouse Interior
  • Title
  • Allegheny County Courthouse Interior
  • Creator
  • James Benney III
  • Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F18.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F18.I01
  • Description
  • The main stairway in the Allegheny County Courthouse at Grant Street and Fifth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), who never lived to see them completed, designed the Allegheny Courthouse and Jail. Construction began in 1884 and was completed in 1888. According to the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, the Courthouse consists of a large hollow rectangle 301 feet by 209 feet, having a basement, five stories and attics on each side with an interior court 145 feet by 70 feet. The style of the Courthouse is generally Southern French and Spanish Romanesque, but the form of the building reflects other sources as well.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • James Benney (III) Photographs, 1888-1889, PSS 20, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • James Benney Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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