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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1916/00/00 Janssen and Abbott Architect William Penn Hotel, design by the local firm of Janssen and Abbott, is built for Henry Clay Frick. The grand ballroom was designed by theater designer, Joseph Urban.
1916/00/00 Henry Clay Frick Owner William Penn Hotel, design by the local firm of Janssen and Abbott, is built for Henry Clay Frick. The grand ballroom was designed by theater designer, Joseph Urban.
1928/00/00 Janssen and Cocken Architect Jacobson (Janssen) and Cocken design an addition for the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh.
1929/00/00 Joseph Urban Interior Designer Splendid lobbies, elegant dining rooms, a handsome skyline ballroom, and the spectacular art deco room designed by Joseph Urban in the 1928-1929 addition form an ensemble unified by consistent classical ornament.
1937/02/00 Count Basie Performers From January to February, 1937 Count Basie and His Orchestra play the "Chatterbox." The live broadcast is recorded and issued in 1974 by Jazz Archives.
1956/10/09 Dwight D Eisenhower Visitor Presidents Harry S Truman and Dwight D Eisenhower both stay at the William Penn Hotel during their campaigns as Eisenhower gives a major speech in the hotel's ballroom, October 8-9, 1956.
1956/10/09 Harry S Truman Visitor Presidents Harry S Truman and Dwight D Eisenhower both stay at the William Penn Hotel during their campaigns as Eisenhower gives a major speech in the hotel's ballroom, October 8-9, 1956.
1980/10/31 Ronald Reagan Visitor Reagan meets with labor leaders in the William Penn Hotel and speaks at a Station Square rally on the South Side. Reagan was accompanied by Senators John Heinz and Richard Schweiker.

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Particulars for William Penn Hotel:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Hotel
Architectural Style Mediterranean Revival
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 85000458
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Janssen and Abbott; Jacobson and Cocken
Architectural Style: Classical revival, Other
Attribute: Mediterranean Revival
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: c 1916, 1923, 1929
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Hotel
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Hotel

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