Thaw Hall Cornerstone | Digital Pitt

June 15, 1910

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Title
Thaw Hall Cornerstone
Creator
Unknown
Date
June 15, 1910
Identifier
THAW02.UA
Description
Thaw Hall was constructed in 1909 and dedicated on 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 Hornbostel for the campus buildings. The buildings would have sat on the hill between Bigelow 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 limited buildings the University decided to move in another direction with the rest of the campus buildings.
Place of Publication
Oakland
Type
still image
Subject
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
University of Pittsburgh.
Thaw Hall (University of Pittsburgh)
College administrators--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
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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