Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District

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Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District
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Three Gateway Center, Gateway Plaza complex
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LocationRoughly bounded by Stanwix Street, Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′28.54″N80°0′24.87″W / 40.4412611°N 80.0069083°W / 40.4412611; -80.0069083
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No. 13000252 [1] [2]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 2013

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]

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History

Bounded 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

The historic district contains fifteen contributing resources including the following: [6]

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 4/29/13 through 5/03/13
  2. 1 2 3 "Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District".
  3. Jones, Diana Nelson. "City Commission Seeks to Expand Downtown Historic Districts." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2013, p. 8 (subscription required).
  4. Jones, Diana Nelson. "City Commission Seeks to Expand Downtown Historic Districts," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2013.
  5. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette building district placed on National Register of Historic Places - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Archived from the original on October 27, 2013.
  6. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. May 2, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2021.