- Thaw Hall
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name = Thaw Hall
nrhp_type = cp
imagesize = 300px
caption = Thaw Hall at theUniversity of Pittsburgh
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 26
lat_seconds = 42.59
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 27.24
long_direction = W
area =Schenley Farms Historic District
built = 1909-1910
architect =Henry Hornbostel
architecture = Greek Revival
added =July 22 ,1983 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-09|accessdate=2008-03-12|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 83002213
governing_body =University of Pittsburgh Thaw Hall is aPittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark [ [http://www.phlf.org/2004/01/23/pittsburgh-history-landmarks-foundation-announces-historic-building/ Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation] ] [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/arejay/899360164/in/photostream/ Flickr] ] and is acontributing property to theSchenley Farms National Historic District [http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H050656_01B.pdf] [http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=bellefield%20hall&-max=50&-recid=38544&-find= Pennslyvanita ARCH] designed in Classic Revival style byHenry Hornbostel . It is a five story building of stone, brick, and terra cota located on the campus of theUniversity of Pittsburgh . The cornerstone was laid in 1909 and construction was complete in 1910. Thaw Hall is the oldest remaining building on Pitt's Oakland campus that was specifically constructed by the University and is the only surviving building of Henry Hornbostel's original Acropolis campus plan for the University's Oakland campus. [ [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;cc=pittmiscpubs;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=thaw%20hall;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;didno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=0081 Pitt Digital Library] ] Thaw Hall is named for Benjamin Thaw, Sr., who donated a substantial amount toward the building's construction. The building was dedicated in his name on June 15, 1910.Originally home to Pitt's School of Engineering, it is now the secondary home to its Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the location of the Physics department's Resource Room, a student help center. [ [http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/resources/education/resource_room_summer.php Resource Room, Physics & Astronomy, University of PIttsburgh, accessdate=2008-08-24] ] Several other departments, including Asian Languages, Chemistry, and Archaeology, have offices, classrooms, and labs in various locations throughout the building. The building has also been noted by its occupants and students for its excessively slow elevators.Fact|date=August 2008
Renovations, upgrades, and improvements for Thaw Hall,
Old Engineering Hall , and Allen Hall have been announced and are preliminarily targeted in to be in excess of $58.6 million according to the University's 12-year facilities master plan. [ [http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/m/FMPro?-db=ma&-lay=a&-format=d.html&id=2929&-Find University of Pittsburgh Announces 12-Year Facilities Plan To Support Programmatic Direction, News From Pitt, University of Pittsburgh, May 14, 2007, accessdate=2008-08-24] ] [ [http://www.pitt.edu/news/images/070514facilities.pdf University of Pittsburgh Facilities Plan: 2007-2018, May 14, 2007; University of Pittsburgh, accessdate=2008-08-24] ]References
*cite book | author=Alberts, Robert C. | title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987 | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=
University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0-8229-1150-7
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