Federal Courthouse and Post Office

1958

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Title
Federal Courthouse and Post Office
Creator
John R. Shrader
Identifier
MSP285.B002.F12.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B002.F12.I01
Description
The Post Office and Federal Courts Building, located at Grant Street at Seventh Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, was designed by Trowbridge & Livingston in 1930-32. This limestone building took over three years and $8 million to construct. Pittsburgh steel, glass, and aluminum were used on this project. The building has eleven floors and four basements and was one of the last Classical buildings to be erected in the city before the advent of the Modern style.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Post Office and Federal Courts Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gulf Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Skyscrapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Koppers Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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
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