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Old Court House

1842

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Old Court House
  • Title
  • Old Court House
  • Date
  • 1842
  • Identifier
  • DARIMG1928
  • Description
  • Built in 1842 the court house was destroyed by fire on May 7th, 1882. Immediately after the fire the county commissioners purchased the Western University (now University of Pittsburgh) buildings located at the corner of Ross and Diamond Streets. The University held its sessions in the Presbyterian & United Presbyterian Seminaries in Allegheny City until their buildings were completed on Observatory Hall
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    postcards
  • Subject
  • Courthouses
    Buildings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Central Business District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • DARIMAGE
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Darlington Digital Library
  • 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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