“The big windows in this building let me see what's going on inside.” —student quote
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- 1315 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
- Date and Style
- Built around 1900
- —American Renaissance style
- In this style, beginning in the 1880s, American architects were inspired by Italian and French Renaissance forms. Notice the patterned brickwork and large, semi-circular-arched windows with decorative keystones. The cornice has a series of small ornamental brackets called modillions set within large brackets.
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- Facts and Stories Worth Knowing
- In 1916, this was the “American Building,” owned by G. A. Jones, and others. Mr. Jones was a real estate salesman.
- As you can see from the historic photograph below, the American Buildinghad a fancier roofline originally, and six flags proudly flew abovethe building.
- In 1997, City Theatre purchased the building, and, with the help of a $300,000 loan from the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, converted the basement and second-floors of the building into rehearsal studios and technical support areas, and leased the first floor to a retail tenant.
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- Architects for the $840,000 renovation were Perfido Weiskopf. Improvements included restoring the large, segmental-arched second-floor windows and transoms, and cleaning the decorative brickwork.
- Since 1992, City Theatre's primary performance space has been in the former Birmingham Methodist Episcopal Church of 1859 and annex at South 13th and Bingham Streets.
- Copies at Carson has occupied the street level store front since 2000.
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