Location | Oakland neighborhood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°26′34″N 79°57′46″W / 40.442710°N 79.962914°W |
Built/founded | 1940-1941 |
Architect | Richard Irving and Theodore Eicholz |
Architectural style(s) | Art Deco |
Governing body/ | University of Pittsburgh |
PHMC dedicated | April 12, 2005 |
PHLF designated | 1972[1] |
Jonas Salk Hall at the University of Pittsburgh is a Pennsylvania state[2] and Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark.[3] The Art Deco building is named after Jonas Salk, who conducted his research on the first polio vaccine in a basement laboratory while on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]