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Site Chosen for the Cathedral of Learning
September 25, 1926
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Title
Site Chosen for the Cathedral of Learning
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
September 25, 1926
Identifier
CTL001.UA
Description
Site of the Cathedral of Learning, prior to construction. General view looking west. Shows the Frick Acres buildings, the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association (YMWHA), the Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Webster Hall, the Knights of Columbus Building (future home to the Music Department) and the Masonic Temple. As built, the Gothic style Cathedral of Learning at Bigelow Boulevard and Fifth Avenue would be the second-tallest education building in the world, measuring 42 stories and raising to become 535 feet tall. The Cathedral was begun by Chancellor John Bowman in 1926 and dedicated in 1937. It features 26 classrooms known as the Nationality Rooms, each intricately designed to represent countries around the world.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
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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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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