Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building | |
Location | Marguerite and Bluff Sts., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°23′31″N 79°48′27″W / 40.39194°N 79.80750°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1890 |
Architect | Osterling, Frederick J.; Janssen & Cocken |
Architectural style | Renaissance, Romanesque, Chateauesque |
NRHP reference No. | 87000376[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 06, 1987 |
Designated PHLF | 1975[2] |
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (known locally as the Castle[3] or Library Hall[4]) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a building from 1890. It was listed on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1975,[5] National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] Originally built as an office building for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, it housed the George Westinghouse Museum from 2006 to 2016. In 2016 it was sold to the Priory Hospitality Group with the intention of being developed into a boutique hotel.[6] However, the 2020 global pandemic affected those plans[7] and it was announced in November 2021 that the building will be used for an art academy and to house classrooms for the Westinghouse Arts Academy, a nearby high school.[8]