Finished Army Barracks | Digital Pitt

May 1918

Order Reproduction
Title
Finished Army Barracks
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
May 1918
Identifier
ARBA07UA
Description
View of a nearly completed Army Barracks. This was on one of many buildings to be constructed during World War I on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus. A total of seven barracks were built with a capacity to house 1,000 men. A mess hall was constructed that could seat 2,000 men. An administrative building and Y.M.C.A. Hospitality House were built on the hill above O'Hara Street. Within Six Months of construction, 2,200 men were being trained.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
University of Pittsburgh
World War, 1914-1918
Army Barracks (University of Pittsburgh)
Buildings--Design and construction
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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