The Highland Building is a thirteen-story building which is located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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| Location | 121 S. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°27′36″N 79°55′29″W / 40.46000°N 79.92472°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Burnham, D.H., Co. |
| Architectural style | Chicago |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001123 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 06, 1991 |
History and architectural features
editConstruction on the building was completed in 1909, with Daniel Burnham being the principal designer.[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
Henry Clay Frick originally commissioned the building.[2] Following the Chicago school of architecture style, the building features a granite base and terracotta exterior.[2]
Beginning sometime around the 1960s, the building gradually fell into disrepair coinciding with the decline of East Liberty. A classical ornament on the roof was replaced with substandard material, allowing water to enter the basement. Over time, the interior essentially was destroyed.[2]
The Highland Building subsequently experienced twenty years of complete dormancy during the latter part of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century. With assistance from the state of Pennsylvania and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, a new renovation effort was launched in 2012 to restore the exterior and reconstruct the interior of the Highland Building, attach it to the adjacent three-story Wallace Building and convert the entire complex into one hundred and twenty-seven apartments. The project, now completed, is described as, "Walnut on Highland" and is mostly leased. Recently, the last of the retail space in the Wallace Building was filled by a Mexican Restaurant.[4][5]
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d John Conti (4 September 2011). "Decaying landmark in East Liberty may get new life". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Tannler, Albert M. "D. H. Burnham & Company in Pittsburgh". Pittsburgh History & LAndmarks Foundation. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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- ^ Diana Nelson Jones (23 April 2012). "Highland Building project in East Liberty keeps up the momentum". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 22 March 2013.