Western Penitentiary Building under Construction

1939-09-02

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Western Penitentiary Building under Construction

Title
Western Penitentiary Building under Construction
Creator
Russell P. Hay, Inc.
Identifier
MSP80.B003.F13.I01
Source Identifier
MSP80.B003.F13.I01
Description
SCI (State Correctional Institute) Pittsburgh, formerly known as Western Penitentiary, is Pennsylvania’s oldest operating correctional institution. Opened in 1882, the facility is located on 21 acres of land with approximately 12 acres located inside the walled perimeter. The facility, located on the banks of the Ohio River approximately five miles from downtown Pittsburgh, was designed by architects Theodore Eicholz and Harry Viehman. A legislative act of 1826 stipulated that prisoners sentenced from Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Butler, Cambria, Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland counties were to be incarcerated at this facility.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Western Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Prisons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Trimble Company Records
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Senator John Heinz History Center