National Register of Historic Places

Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Listed
May 1, 2013
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
13000252

About this property

The Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District is a historic district in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2013. Bounded by Stanwix Street and the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, the Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2013. It includes within its boundary the Forks of the Ohio, as well as Gateway Center, the Bell Telephone Company Building, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Building which was constructed in 1927. Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building (1957) Westinghouse Electric Corporation Headquarters (1969) Pittsburgh Press Building (1927; remodeled in 1962) The only non-contributing properties within the district boundaries are the former State Office Building (1957), which was considered to have lost its architectural integrity due to a 1980s remodeling, and the Gateway light rail station, which was built in 2012. National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
40.44386, -80.00660

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTUREMILITARYPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building
Industrial
0.2 mi
Sixth Street Bridge
Industrial
0.2 mi
Phipps-McElveen Building
Industrial
0.2 mi
Forks of the Ohio
Listed
0.2 mi
Fulton Building
Industrial
0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

French and Indian War – Grant's Defeat at Fort Duquesne 1758
1758Colonial
0.2 mi
Siege of Fort Pitt (Pontiac's Rebellion)
1763Colonial
0.2 mi
Siege of Fort Duquesne (1758)
1758Colonial
0.2 mi

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When was Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District listed on the National Register?

Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District?

Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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