HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET SOCIETY

PITTSBURGH, PA

The Henry Highland Garnet Society is a non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded with the aim of promoting social justice, community service, and educational opportunities for African Americans and other marginalized communities.

The society is named after Henry Highland Garnet, an influential African American leader who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1815. Garnet became a prominent abolitionist and advocate for equal rights, and he was the first African American to address the United States Congress in 1865.

The Henry Highland Garnet Society in Pittsburgh is dedicated to continuing Garnet's legacy by providing support and resources to local communities. Its programs include educational workshops, mentorship opportunities, and community outreach initiatives.

One of the society's key initiatives is its scholarship program, which provides financial assistance to African American students pursuing higher education. The society also hosts an annual Henry Highland Garnet Lecture series, which features speakers and experts on topics related to social justice and civil rights.

Overall, the Henry Highland Garnet Society is an important organization in the Pittsburgh community, working to promote equality and justice for all.

HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in PITTSBURGH PA. US MID #8404201547

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).

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&quot;The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at 535 feet (163 m), the 42-story Late Gothic Revival building is the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere. It is also the second-tallest gothic-styled building in the world, after the Woolworth Building in Manhattan. The Cathedral of Learning was commissioned in 1921 and ground was broken in 1926 under general contractor Stone &amp; Webster. It is a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places.&quot;

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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.

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HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET SOCIETY
1000 BRYN MAWR ROAD
PITTSBURGH
PA
15219-5700

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MID #	8404201547
Name	HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET SOCIETY
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	352240006
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	40.451323, -79.957029
CODES	FIPS State Code: 42 FIPS County Code: 003 US Census Tract: 050600 US Census Block: 3007