Post Office and Federal Courts Building

1933

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Post Office and Federal Courts Building
  • Title
  • Post Office and Federal Courts Building
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F34.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F34.I01
  • Description
  • The Post Office and Federal Courts Building, located at Grant Street at Seventh Avenue, was designed by Joseph A. Wetmore 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.)
    Grant Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (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
  • 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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