Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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6 drawings
7 b&w photos
2 data pages
1 photo caption pages Supplemental Material

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TITLE:
Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HABS PA,2-PITBU,37A-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 6 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS PA-1175

Building/structure dates: 1898 initial construction

Significance: The Pennsylvania Railroad Station was commissioned from the office of D.H. Brunham in Chicago, one of the chief purveyors of the new monumental Classicism.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Allegheny County--Pittsburgh
railroad stations
transportation
railroad industry

OTHER TITLE:
Union Railroad Station Rotunda

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0065

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Photocopy of photograph, Source and date unknown SHED INTERIOR (NOW DEMOLISHED)
2. GENERAL VIEW, SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
3. GENERAL VIEW, ENTRANCE TO THE ROTUNDA
4. CAB STAND SHOWING DOME
5. SOUTH ELEVATION CORNER PAVILION
6. DETAIL OF VAULTING
7. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION WITH ARCHES

CONTROL #:
PA0065

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