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Greek Nationality Room
November 7, 1941
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Title
Greek Nationality Room
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
November 7, 1941
Identifier
GRCR01.UA
Description
The classical architecture in the Greek Room resembles the Greek Golden Age during the fifth century. The columns are patterned after the Acropolis and made from marble. The professors chairs are marked with the names Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates. The student chairs are marked with Greek towns and islands. The ceiling and doorway are ornately designed by Greek painters who took seven months to complete their work. The Greek Room was dedicated on November 7, 1941. This room, along with twenty five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Rooms
Classrooms
Tables
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Greek Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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