William Penn Hotel construction progress photograph collection, 1914-1916.

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William Penn Hotel construction progress photograph collection, 1914-1916.

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The William Penn Hotel album contains twenty-eight linen-backed photographs in chronological order bound in limb red-leather. Two photographs document the groundbreaking ceremony held on July 7, 1914. Twelve photographs document the excavation process. Fourteen photographs document the actual construction of the steel-framed hotel. The photographs in the album were taken every two weeks by R. W. Johnston Studios to show construction progress. The last photograph in the album is dated March 11, 1916. Within this collection of construction photographs are images of well-known Downtown buildings, including the Allegheny County Court House, the Carnegie Building, the Frick Building, and Kauffmann's Department Store. Beginning in March 1916, construction of the Union Arcade Building is visible in the foreground of the nearly completed William Penn Hotel.

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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...

R. W. Johnston Studios.

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William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

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