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.[1][2][3]
Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District | |
 Three Gateway Center, Gateway Plaza complex | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Stanwix Street, Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′28.54″N 80°0′24.87″W / 40.4412611°N 80.0069083°W |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000252[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2013 |
History
editBounded by Stanwix Street and the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers,[4] the Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2013.[1][2] 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.[5]
Contributing properties
editThe historic district contains fifteen contributing resources including the following:[6]
- Nine of the ten Gateway Center buildings:
- One and Two Gateway Center (1952)
- Three Gateway Center (1952)
- Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building (1957)
- Hilton Pittsburgh (1959)
- Four Gateway Center (1960)
- Gateway Towers (1964)
- IBM Building (1964)
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation Headquarters (1969)
- Point State Park (1974), including the following structures:
- Fort Pitt Block House (1764)
- Fort Pitt Museum (1969)
- Two buildings within the district boundaries which were not part of the Gateway Center or Point State Park projects, but within the period of significance:
- Pittsburgh Press Building (1927; remodeled in 1962)
- Allegheny Towers (1967)
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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 4/29/13 through 5/03/13
- ^ a b c "Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District".
- ^ Jones, Diana Nelson. "City Commission Seeks to Expand Downtown Historic Districts." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2013, p. 8 (subscription required).
- ^ Jones, Diana Nelson. "City Commission Seeks to Expand Downtown Historic Districts," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2013.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette building district placed on National Register of Historic Places - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Archived from the original on October 27, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. May 2, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2021.