Allegheny County Courthouse, Jail, & City-County Building

Friday, August 16
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

$20.00 per person

This tour is limited to 20 participants.
Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on August 15.

Purchase a ticket below.

In this extended tour, you will have an in-depth experience of two of Downtown Pittsburgh’s most significant buildings: H. H. Richardson’s Allegheny County Courthouse (completed 1888) and Henry Hornbostel’s City-County Building (completed 1917). The tour includes interior spaces that generally are not open to the public, giving participants an appreciation of the extraordinary design creativity, craftsmanship, and artistry that brought these buildings into being. Standing side by side on Pittsburgh’s grand civic boulevard, the Courthouse and the City-County Building provide a brilliant comparison of approaches to meeting the architectural needs of a growing city.

Tour Meeting Point: Corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue (Pittsburgh, PA 15219), near the parking lot

Tour Ending Point: City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time. Dress for the weather (PHLF tours proceed rain or shine!), and wear comfortable shoes. By purchasing a ticket for this tour, you acknowledge that you are physically able to undertake the tour, assume all personal risk during the tour, consent to being photographed during the tour, and permit PHLF to use your image in our communications.

This tour is handicap accessible. Please notify us of your needs two business days in advance of the tour.