Investment Building (Pittsburgh)

The Investment Building
Location within Pittsburgh
General information
Type Office
Location 239 4th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°26′23″N 80°00′06″W / 40.4397°N 80.0018°W / 40.4397; -80.0018Coordinates: 40°26′23″N 80°00′06″W / 40.4397°N 80.0018°W / 40.4397; -80.0018
Completed 1927
Height
Roof 230 ft (70 m)
Technical details
Floor count 21
Design and construction
Architect John M. Donn

The Investment Building is a 1927 neo-classical skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located at 239 Fourth Avenue and part of the Fourth Avenue Historic District.[1] The original name of the structure was the Insurance Exchange Building.[1]

Designed by John M. Donn,[2] a Washington, D.C. architect, the tower is of the same approximate façade dimensions as its 4th Avenue neighbors the Arrott Building and Benedum-Trees Building, both built a generation earlier. Constructed from limestone, and a darker, more textured brick the tower is noted for simplicity and lightness of form and detailing. The roof corners feature chamfered obelisk-like elements.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Investment Building, Pittsburgh | 121973". Emporis. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. ↑ http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/3289.php
  3. ↑ http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fourth-ave-walking-tour-2013.pdf
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