Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Terra-Cotta Decorations, Carnegie Mellon University

Polychrome terra cotta

Henry Hornbostel was one of the first architects to employ polychrome terra cotta. Here are three different patterns from buildings at Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University.

Terra cotta thistles

Thistles, in tribute to Andrew Carnegie’s Scottish pride.

More terra cotta

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