This severely classical building was built in about 1925 to a design by architect Abram Garfield, the son of martyred president James A. Garfield, and it looks as though nothing could possibly set fire to it. It passed into the hands of the University of Pittsburgh in 1968, and is now known as Thackeray Hall.
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[…] of our martyred president. This section on University Place is the older part of the building; a larger addition was built on Thackeray Avenue in […]