Julia and James Rea House

ca. 1970

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Julia and James Rea House
  • Title
  • Julia and James Rea House
  • Date
  • ca. 1970
  • Identifier
  • PCC000078
  • Description
  • The James and Julia Rea House was a given to Chatham College in November 1965 after the Rea's had lived there for 53 years. James Childs Rea was a lifelong Chatham neighbor, having been born in what is now known as the Gateway House at the bottom of the hill on Fifth Avenue. In 1911, when he married Julia Parish Dodge, they built a 23-room, red brick house to start their own family. James was a the Vice President of a iron and steel manufacturer, the Oliver-Tyrone Corporation, and also served on the boards of the Carnegie Institute, the Henry Clay Frick Educational Commission, and the West Penn Hospital. He and Julia raised eight children in the house which is now a dormitory for about 30 Chatham students.
  • Place of Publication
  • College Campus
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh, (Pa.)
    Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Chatham College
    College buildings--Pennsylvania
    Rea, James Childs
    Rea, Julia Parish Dodge
    Rea House (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Rights Information
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