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Lynch Hall

ca. 1960

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Lynch Hall
  • Title
  • Lynch Hall
  • Creator
  • West Penn Power Company
  • Date
  • ca. 1960
  • Identifier
  • rg60pr0006
  • Description
  • Black & white photograph of Lynch Hall and grounds. Lynch Hall the oldest building on campus was the home of Commander Lynch and his wife. In 1923, Commander Charles McKenna Lynch built this country house named Starboard Light on his summer estate, a former dairy farm. The building was designed by the architectural firm Bartholomew and Smith. The mansion had 31 rooms and numerous baths. Renamed Lynch Hall when the University of Pittsburgh bought the Lynch Estate in 1964, the mansion sits as a centerpiece of 23 other buildings that comprise UPG's beautiful 219-acre four year college campus. The building is now used for administrative offices for the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg President, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Director of University Relations and Institutional Advancement, and Director of Human Resources.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mansions
    Dwellings
    Buildings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Greensburg (Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Archives
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
  • 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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