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Buhl Planetarium under Construction

1938-11-04

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Buhl Planetarium under Construction
  • Title
  • Buhl Planetarium under Construction
  • Identifier
  • MSP80.B008.C11.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP80.B008.C11.I01
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh architects Ingham & Boyd designed the Buhl Planetarium at a cost of $1.07 million. The octagonal dome is composed of copper. The building also has sculpted reliefs and Indiana limestone walls created by well-known sculptor, Sidney Waugh. The Planetarium was dedicated and opened to the public on October 24, 1939. The domed structure in the background was the Allegheny Post Office. It was built in an Italian Renaissance style with pale-gray granite. In the 1960s the building was saved from demolition by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, remolded, and reopened as a community museum. On June 12, 1983, with the relocation of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation to Station Square, the structure became the official home of the Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny Post Office (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Domes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Saint Peter’s Parochial School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Steel framing (Building)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Planetariums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Trimble Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center