- Koppers Tower
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name =Koppers Tower
caption =
location = 436 Seventh Avenue,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
coordinates =
groundbreaking = 1927
constructed = 1929
opening =
use = Offices
roof = convert|475|ft|m|0|abbr=on
top_floor =
floor_count = 34
elevator_count = 13
cost = $5.5 million
floor_area = convert|290464|ft2|m2|0|abbr=on
architect =Graham, Anderson, Probst & White with E. P. Mellon
engineer =
contractor = Mellon-Stuart
developer =Andrew W. Mellon
owner =
management =Koppers Tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of
Downtown Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania ,United States . The tower is named for the Koppers Chemical Corporation.Koppers Tower was completed in 1929 and it has 34 floors. It rises 475 feet or 145 meters above Downtown Pittsburgh. Its address is Grant Street & Seventh Avenue. The structure is unique
Art Deco built 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 ofGraham, Anderson, Probst & White .References
*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Buildings of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians; Santa Fe: Center for American Places ; Charlottesville: In association with the University of Virginia Press | year=2007 | id=ISBN 0-8139-2650-5
External links
* [http://www.koppers.com/htm/OurCo_Loca_US_CorpHQ.html Koppers Tower homepage]
* [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04319/411167.stm History and description of the Koppers Tower in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121980/ Koppers Tower at Skyscrapers.com]
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