FormerAlleghenyCountyJail.jpg
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Description FormerAlleghenyCountyJail.jpg |
English:
Picture of the former
Allegheny County Jail
, which is connected to the
Allegheny County Courthouse
by the Bridge of Sighs and is located at Ross Street and Fifth Avenue in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, on March 20, 2010. The courthouse and jail were designed by
Henry Hobson Richardson
. In 1884, the construction of the buildings was begun by the
Norcross Brothers
, Richardson's construction firm of choice. The jail portion of the complex was completed in 1886, the year of Richardson's death, and the entire courthouse was finished in 1886 by
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
, Richardson's successor firm. Architectural style:
Richardsonian Romanesque
. Additions to the jail were added by
Frederick J. Osterling
from 1903 to 1905.
The courthouse and the jail are listed together as a
National Historic Landmark
, and on the
National Register of Historic Places
, but the courthouse and jail are listed separately on the
List of Pittsburgh Landmarks
recognized by the
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
(PHLF). The former jail now houses the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Division.
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Transferred from en.wikipedia |
Author | Lee Paxton |
Object location | 40° 26′ 18.87″ N, 79° 59′ 43.64″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 40.438575; -79.995456 |
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- 2010-03-23 10:14 Leepaxton 600×450 (73385 bytes) {{Information |Description=Picture of the former [[Allegheny County Jail]], which is connected to the [[Allegheny County Courthouse]] by the Bridge of Sighs and is located at Ross Street and Fifth Avenue in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], on March 20, 2010.