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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1901/00/00 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Owner Pitcairn Building, built in 1901 as a regional distribution center for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, is an eight-story, steel frame building clad in brick and granite with terra cotta details.
1901/00/00 GW and WD Hewitt Architect Pitcairn Building, built in 1901 as a regional distribution center for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, is an eight-story, steel frame building clad in brick and granite with terra cotta details.
1945/00/00 Until 1945, Pitcairn Building was the offices of H Daroff and Sons, clothing manufacturers the originators of the "Botany 500" brand.

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Particulars for Pitcairn Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Other Description English Baroque
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Industry
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 87002209
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Hewitt,G.W.; Hewitt,W.D.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: English Baroque
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Industry, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1901
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function:

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