Allegheny County Municipal Airport Terminal Building

1948/1955

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Allegheny County Municipal Airport Terminal Building

Title
Allegheny County Municipal Airport Terminal Building
Creator
Michael J. Pennetti
Identifier
MSP285.B001.F01.I05
Source Identifier
MSP285.B001.F01.I05
Description
Stanley L. Roush designed the Allegheny County Airport Terminal in 1931 with later additions designed by Henry Hornbostel in 1936. Roush created a structure with white brick with touches of black, green, and silver. This Art Deco style building had streamlined corners and a set of green and black terra-cotta planters decorated with eagles, propellers, and squadrons of planes. In September 1931, Allegheny County Airport became the successor to the nearby Bettis field in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, at a cost of $2 million. The entire site encompassed 432 acres with 50,000 square yards covering the area of a previous slag dump located eight miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The facility served as the commercial airport for Pittsburgh area until the 1952 opening of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. In 1991, it was one of the busiest corporate airports in the United States.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Allegheny County Municipal Airport (West Mifflin, Pa.)
Airports--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Airport terminals--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
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
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