Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh

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Richardsonian Romanesque building county courthouse courthouse government building historic building landmark

The Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh is a landmark 19th-century civic building designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and celebrated as one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Allegheny County Courthouse 6
Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh canonical 4
Allegheny County Courthouse (PHLF Historic Landmark) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Richardsonian Romanesque building ⓘ
county courthouse ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
government building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
architect Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
architecturalMovement Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form: Romanesque Revival
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Pittsburgh ⓘ
County government buildings in Pennsylvania ⓘ
Courthouses in Pennsylvania ⓘ
connectedTo Allegheny County Jail ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 19th century ⓘ
function location of Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
seat of government for Allegheny County ⓘ
governingBody Allegheny County ⓘ
hasAlternateName Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
hasFeature arched windows ⓘ
bridge of sighs ⓘ
central courtyard ⓘ
rusticated stonework ⓘ
tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
locatedIn Allegheny County ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
material stone ⓘ
namedAfter Allegheny County ⓘ
notableFor influence on American civic architecture ⓘ
massive stone arches ⓘ
picturesque roofline ⓘ
owner Allegheny County ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny County government
partOf Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Pittsburgh
publicAccess yes ⓘ
region Western Pennsylvania ⓘ
significance considered one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture ⓘ
major civic landmark in Pittsburgh ⓘ
usedBy Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas

Allegheny County officials ⓘ
usedFor county administration ⓘ
judicial functions ⓘ

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Richardsonian Romanesque → notableExample → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
Henry Hobson Richardson → notableWork → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Allegheny County → contains → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh → hasAlternateName → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
subject surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark → hasInstance → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse (PHLF Historic Landmark)
Allegheny County Jail → alsoKnownAs → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail
Allegheny County Jail → partOf → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail complex
Allegheny County Jail → associatedWith → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Allegheny County Executive → seat → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Allegheny County Council → meetsAt → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse
Henry → knownFor → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry → significantProject → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Hobson Richardson
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County → seat → Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allegheny County Courthouse