Union Arcade Building photograph collection, 1915-1916.

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Union Arcade Building photograph collection, 1915-1916.

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Taken by the Photo Products Company, the images depict the construction progress of the Union Arcade Building and the workers who erected it. Beginning with laying the foundation, the images document all stages of the construction process as well as the construction methods and the equipment used during the early twentieth century, including horse-drawn carts. The photographs also capture the buildings surrounding the Union Arcade, documenting changes in the Downtown landscape. This includes views of the William Penn Hotel, the Frick Building, the Carnegie Building, the Pittsburgh Leader Building, the Allegheny Courthouse, and Kaufmann's Department Store.

85 items (1 album).

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7789450

University of Pittsburgh

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Osterling, F. J., 1865-1934

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent industrialist and art collector, commissioned architect Thomas Hastings of the firm Carrè€re & Hastings to design and build his New York residence in 1912. Located at One East 70th Street, the three-story Beaux-Arts mansion featured a 100-foot gallery for his art collection. Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe were selected to furnish the rooms. Frick, along with his wife and daughter, took up residence in the house in November...

William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

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Union Arcade Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

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Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

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Photo Products Company.

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The Union Arcade was one of three buildings financed by coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in the Grant Street area. The other building projects included the Frick Building (built 1901-1902 at the corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue) and the William Penn Hotel (built 1914-1916). The land purchased by Frick from the Catholic Diocese in 1901 for the Union Arcade was the original site of St. Paul's Cathedral. It was widely rumored that Frick desired this plot of land in particular because...