Mellon Hall | Historic Pittsburgh

1950/1960

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Title
Mellon Hall
Identifier
MSP285.B004.F03.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B004.F03.I01
Description
The ivy-covered Andrew W. Mellon Hall, is presently used by Chatham College to house many of its administrative offices, including the President’s office. The structure was originally built for the Laughlin family (Jones and Laughlin Steel) in 1897, and Andrew Mellon bought the mansion in 1917 and performed significant renovations on it, including adding tennis courts, bowling alleys, and a swimming pool. Chatham College was originally founded in 1869 under the name Pennsylvania Female College, one of the earliest liberal arts colleges for women. In 1890 it became the Pennsylvania College for Women. Enrollment had doubled by 1940, and Andrew’s son Paul and his wife (who had lived in the Mellon mansion since 1921) donated their house to the college in that year to be used as a student center. In 1955 the institution changed its name to Chatham College, in honor of William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Chatham College.Mellon Hall.
Colleges and universities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Women's colleges--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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