University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ITHIN 150 years' our University has grown from a rude log cabin to the most modern of skyscrapers. Pictured on the map is the first school house of the Pittsburgh Academy, the two-roomed log cabin. erected in 1787 in the shadow of the Block House at Third, Smithfield, and Cherry Streets. Three years later, on the same site, the cabin was replaced by a neat brick building which served until 1830, when the first building of the Western University of Pennsylvania was built just east of Smithfield Street. In 1845 this building was destroyed by fire and a new school house was built on the site of what is now Joseph Horne's Department Store. Fire razed this building in 1849. It took six years before another building. was erected, a red brick structure at Ross and Diamond Streets. In 1882 classes were transferred across the river to Allegheny City, to the Presbyterian and Reformed Presbyterian Seminary Building where classes were held until 1890. In that year the University moved to its two new buildings at Perrysville and Clayton Streets, near the old Observatory. In 1908 came the exodus from Allegheny and the entry into Oakland. State 'Hall was built in 1908, Thaw Hall in 1909, and Alumni Hall in 1921. Ground was broken in 1926 on the F rick Acres for the Cathedral of Learning, culminating the advance in 150 years from logs. to limestone. I' ' Not pictured on the map are several buildings of significance in the history of the University. In 1894 the Pharmacy building was built on the Boulevard of the Allies. Pennsylvania Hall, now known as the Medical School, was completed in 1910. The Upper Dental School was built in 1912, and in the same year Trees Gym was ready for use. The Heinz House, left smoldering by a fire two months after erection, was rebuilt in 1919. One year later the Dental Infirmary was built. In 1925, with the era of big football, came the Stadium. The most beautiful of the University buildings are of recent construc- tion. The Falk Clinic was built and presented to the University in 1929, and the Falk Elementary School in 1931. Clustered about the Cathedral are the Heinz Chapel, begun in 1933, and the Stephen Foster Memorial, begun in 1935. Utility has motivated and beauty has guided the construction of these latter buildings of the University. '

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