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Pitt Road
May 17, 1911
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Title
Pitt Road
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
May 17, 1911
Identifier
715.112004.CP
Description
A view of University Drive at Bigelow Boulevard, looking west at Thaw Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Thaw Hall was constructed in 1909 and dedicated June 15, 1910.The building is named for Benjamin Thaw Sr. who donated a substantial amount of money for the building. This building, along with the Mineral Industries Building, State Hall, and Pennsylvania Hall, was one of the few buildings built as part of the "Acropolis Plan" designed by Palmer and Hornbastel for the campus buildings. The buildings would have sat on the hill between Bigelow Boulevard and where the medical complex is now, and would have all been based upon classical Greek design and architecture. However after the construction of these few buildings the University decided to move in another direction with the rest of the campus buildings.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Streets--Maintenance and repair
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh --Buildings
University of Pittsburgh. Thaw Hall
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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