Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Liberty Avenue, Grant Street, Forbes Avenue, and Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°26′29″N 79°59′50″W / 40.44139°N 79.99722°W |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Late Victorian, Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 85003216 and 13000251[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 17, 1985 (original) and May 2, 2013 (increase) |
The Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is composed of multiple late eighteenth-century buildings which illustrate "Pittsburgh's emergence during that period as a preeminent industrial and business center," according to Hyman Myers, the former chair of the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board.[2]
Bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1985.[1][3] Its boundaries were expanded on May 2, 2013.[1]