Koppers Tower
| Koppers Building | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Offices |
| Location | 436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°26′31″N 79°59′44″W / 40.44194°N 79.99556°WCoordinates: 40°26′31″N 79°59′44″W / 40.44194°N 79.99556°W |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | March, 1929 |
| Cost |
$5.5 million ($75.9 million today) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 475 ft (145 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 290,464 sq ft (26,985 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White with E. P. Mellon |
| Developer | Andrew W. Mellon |
| Main contractor | Mellon-Stuart |
| Designated | 1973[1] |
Koppers Building is a historical building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, commissioned by Andrew W. Mellon and completed in 1929. The tower is named after the Koppers Chemical Corporation and is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh.
Overview
Koppers Building was completed in March, 1929[2] and it has 34 floors at a cost of $5.5 million ($75.9 million today). It rises 475 feet or 145 meters above Downtown Pittsburgh. Its address is Grant Street & Seventh Avenue. It is the best example of Art Deco construction and ornamentation in Pittsburgh.[3]
It is constructed with Indiana limestone with a polished granite base and dark copper roof. Inside the Koppers Tower the lobby is richly decorated with marble walls. Its copper roof is pitched in a chateau-like design and is illuminated at night. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
In February 1948, Equitable of New York purchased the building for $6 million ($63.7 million today).[4]
Top of the structure.
Side of the structure.
References
- Toker, Franklin (2007). Buildings of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians; Santa Fe: Center for American Places ; Charlottesville: In association with the University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0-8139-2650-5.
External links
Media related to Koppers Tower at Wikimedia Commons
- Koppers Building homepage
- History and description of the Koppers Building in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Koppers Tower at Skyscrapers.com
- ↑ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=koppers+building&year=&month=&day=&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim
- ↑ Conti, John (May 4, 2013). "Art Deco style survives in Pittsburgh — if you look around". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ↑ http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?q=koppers+building&year=&month=&day=&start_line=0&searchtype=single&page=sim
| Preceded by Two PNC Plaza |
Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height 475 feet (145 m) 35 floors |
Succeeded by Grant Building |
| Preceded by Grant Building |
Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion 1929 |
Succeeded by Gulf Tower |
