City Hall

1915

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City Hall
  • Title
  • City Hall
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • 1915
  • Identifier
  • 715.L15.CP
  • Description
  • A view of the Old City Hall located at Smithfield Street and Virgin Alley. The cornerstone was laid August 8, 1868, and the building was constructed between 1869 and 1872 for the sum of $408,790. It was sold August 8, 1952, for nearly $2,500,000 to a real estate group planning to demolish it for commercial development.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • City halls
    Buildings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • 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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