HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

PITTSBURGH, PA

The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, PA is a non-profit organization founded in 1832. The society's mission is to preserve and promote the history of Western Pennsylvania through exhibitions, educational programs, and research services. The society's collection includes over 1.2 million photographs, manuscripts, maps, and artifacts that document the region's history from the 18th century to the present.

The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania operates the Senator John Heinz History Center, which is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The center is located in Pittsburgh's Strip District and houses six floors of exhibits that explore the region's history from prehistoric times to the present day. The center also includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, the Detre Library & Archives, and the Fort Pitt Museum.

The society offers a variety of programs and educational opportunities for all ages, including lectures, workshops, and youth programs. The society also provides research services for those interested in exploring Western Pennsylvania's history.

The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania has played a vital role in preserving and promoting the region's history for over 180 years. Its collection and programs continue to educate and inspire visitors to learn more about the rich history of Western Pennsylvania.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in PITTSBURGH PA. US MID #8404201085

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mid-Atlantic (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 10,319,230 from tax period 201206 (YYYYMM).

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Allegheny County Soldiers' Memorial, Pittsburgh

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May 29, 2023: Veterans Memorial, Irwin, Pennsylvania Seen just before the start of the annual Memorial Day Parade in downtown Irwin, Pennsylvania is the Veterans Memorial, which stands at the corner of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue adjacent to the entrance to Irwin Park. It's a tall, narrow granite slab about eight feet in height, surmounted consecutively by a globe and a bronze eagle with wings outstretched in flight, and its front face is engraved with patriotic imagery (namely a dagger and shield with stars-and-stripes insignia) and dedicatory text. The monument in its original form was dedicated on November 11, 1943 by the local J. Howard Snyder Post No. 781, V.F.W. &quot;in honor of the men and women of Irwin and community who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America in all wars&quot; but, in all likelihood, bearing in mind specifically the combatants in the then-ongoing Second World War. However, it has been expanded several times in subsequent years: newer elements of the ensemble include the bronze plaques flanking each side, as well as a semicircle of low square stones that ring the main slab on its rear side, individually representing each war fought by the U.S. military throughout its history (from the Revolution through the War on Terror and also including the Cold War) and each inscribed with a relevant quote from a famous political speech, work of literature, or combatants themselves.

If you're an architecture or design buff like me, you can read more of my ramblings at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/">Western New York Architecture Deep Cuts</a>, my other account where I go deeper into the weeds about these sorts of things.

The Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, 5th Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA Built in 1926-1934, this Gothic Revival-style tower was designed by Charles Klauder to serve as an administration building and classroom building for the University of Pittsburgh. The building stands 42 stories and 535 feet (163 meters) tall, being the second-tallest university building in the world, only exceeded by the newer Moscow State University Main Building in Russia, and was the second-tallest building in Pittsburgh at the time of its completion, though it lost this status in 1970. The building is clad in limestone with a massing that tapers towards the top and center with multiple setbacks, a four-story podium at the base with bay windows and tall recessed gothic arched entrance bays, buttresses and tracery on the exterior facade, pinnacles and a parapet with multiple gothic arches at the top of the building, a theater to the southeast of the main building with similar exterior features but a much lower height, known as the Stephen Foster Memorial, and a series of themed classrooms with various decorative finishes inside the building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and is a contributing structure in the Schenley Farms Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building today remains the principal structure of the University of Pittsburgh campus, dominating the surrounding Oakland neighborhood, and standing in the middle of a large lawn with trees and smaller buildings at the edges.

Alumni Hall, University of Pittsburgh, 5th Avenue, Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA Built in 1914-1915, this Classical Revival-style building was designed by Benno Janssen to serve as the Masonic Temple of Pittsburgh. The building features a limestone-clad exterior, a side-gable red terra cotta tile roof with acroterions, corinthian pilasters on the upper floors, decorative medallions, roman lattice motifs on the top floor, cornices with dentils, one-over-one windows, decorative reliefs, recessed entrance bays with decorative trim surrounds, and decorative lamppost light fixtures flanking the main entrance bays. The building is a contributing structure in the Schenley Farms Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building today serves as an office building and alumni center for the University of Pittsburgh, known as Alumni Hall.

Heinz Memorial Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Bellefield Avenue, Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA Built in 1933-1938, this Gothic Revival-style chapel was designed by Charles Klauder to serve as a chapel for the University of Pittsburgh, and a memorial to Anna Margaretha Heinz, with funds for the chapel’s construction being donated by John Heinz upon his death in 1919. The building features a French Gothic-inspired exterior with a metal spire, gabled and hipped slate roof, limestone cladding, buttresses, a polygonal nave and apse flanking a central gabled wing, a recessed gothic arched main entrance portal with decorative reliefs and carved wooden doors, gothic arched stained glass windows with decorative tracery, pinnacles and tracery on the parapets, and low aisles flanking the main nave. Inside, the chapel features decorative woodwork, a soaring gothic vaulted ceiling, stone staircases, stained glass windows, large pendant lights, spiral staircases, a narthex with a wooden screen wall at the entrance to the sanctuary, and an ornate wooden altar. The building is a contributing structure in the Schenley Farms Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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telephone: 7245873412

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
1212 SMALLMAN ST
PITTSBURGH
PA
15222-4208

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MID #	8404201085
Name	HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Alternate Name	HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	250965391
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201206
INCOME	30,836,299
REVENUE	10,319,230
LAT/LONG	40.446525, -79.992803
CODES	FIPS State Code: 42 FIPS County Code: 003 US Census Tract: 020300 US Census Block: 1111