Schenley Farms Historic District | |
 Looking Northeast along 5th Avenue in the Schenley Farms Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Andover Terrace, Centre, Bellefield, and Parkman Avenues, Dithridge, Thackeray, Forbes and Mawhinney,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′39.99″N79°57′17.40″W / 40.4444417°N 79.9548333°W /40.4444417; -79.9548333 |
| Area | 170 acres (0.69 km2) |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002213 (original) 12000984 (increase 1) 100011241 (increase 2) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 22, 1983[4] |
| Boundary increases | November 28, 2012 January 3, 2025 |
| Designated CPHD | Shenley Farms May 1982[1] and Oakland Civic Center, April 7, 1992[2] |
| Designated PHLF | 1976[3] |
TheSchenley Farms Historic District, also referred to as theSchenley Farms–Oakland Civic District, is ahistoric district listed on theNational Register of Historic Places that is located in theOakland section ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
It comprises two separately designated City of Pittsburgh historic districts: the Oakland Civic Center Historic District[2] consisting of publicly and privately owned institutional buildings, and the adjacent Schenley Farms Historic District[1] consisting mainly of a planned residential development of the early 20th Century. The Schenley Farms Historic District is roughly bounded byForbes Avenue including theCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh on the south; South Dithridge and North Bellefield on the east, extending to includeSt. Paul's Cathedral and Rectory onFifth Avenue and North Craig Street; Bigelow Boulevard, Andover Road, and Bryn Mawr Road on the northwest; and Thackeray Street through to Fifth Avenue on the southwest.[5][6]
Noted for its late 19th And 20th Century Revivals architecture, it is home to a large portion of the campus of theUniversity of Pittsburgh.[7] The district comprises 154 contributing buildings, 31 of which are cultural or institutional buildings and 123 of which are residences in the northwest portion of the district.[8] The historic district is a noted example of community planning and development following theCity Beautiful movement that guided city planning and urban design in the United States from the mid-1890s through the first decade of the 20th century. The City Beautiful movement favored boulevards, parks, and formal civic buildings in the beaux-arts style.
In 1905,Franklin Nicola put forth a development plan in the City Beautiful style for Oakland, which included civic, social, residential, and educational zones along Bigelow Boulevard which ran through the heart of the neighborhood. The proposal centered on a series of monumental buildings created in styles evoking ancient Greece and the Italian Renaissance. Although Nicola's plan was not fully implemented, including a never-constructed Oakland town hall, it produced such landmarks as theSoldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, the Masonic Temple (now the University of Pittsburgh'sAlumni Hall), and thePittsburgh Athletic Association.
Other major landmark buildings were added to the historic district after the pursuit of Nicola's designs had ended, including the landmarkCathedral of Learning andHeinz Memorial Chapel of the University of Pittsburgh andMellon Institute. Contributing buildings in the historic district date from 1880 to 1979. A contributing building, theUniversity Place Office Building, was razed in 2011.[9]
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