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The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Cathedral of Learning is the iconic landmark of the University of Pittsburgh. The Gothic Revival skyscraper was commissioned in 1921 and is a landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Mar 12, 2007 · The Cathedral of Learning owes its existence to the vision and persistence of John Gabbert Bowman, Pitt’s chancellor from 1921 to 1945. “They shall find wisdom here and faith—in steel and stone, in character and thought—they shall find beauty, adventure, and moments of high victory,” Bowman said of the Oakland skyscraper.
A landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the 535-foot-tall Cathedral is the second-tallest educational building in the world after the University of Moscow’s main building. In recent years, families of peregrine falcons have nested atop the Cathedral.
First proposed in the 1920s, the idea for a skyscraper dedicated to education was a novel concept that required years of convincing, fundraising, and planning. The Cathedral of Learning was met...
The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning is the fourth tallest educational building in the entire world. At 163 meters and 42 floors, the Cathedral can be seen from every corner of Oakland.
Jun 29, 2013 · Towering above the University of Pittsburgh campus, the grandly named Cathedral of Learning is a masterpiece of neo-gothic architecture that holds 29 different rooms distinctly themed to...
At 535 feet tall, the Cathedral of Learning holds the title of second tallest university building in the world—to this day. It was also briefly the tallest building in Pittsburgh until the Gulf Tower was built in 1932. Most of the masonry was completed in a top-down approach.
Apr 24, 2007 · The Cathedral of Learning, the unique and architecturally stunning landmark that has come to symbolize the University of Pittsburgh is the tallest education building in the United States.
Dedicated in 1937, the Cathedral of Learning became the focal point of the Oakland and the University of Pittsburgh campus. Located on Fifth Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, it was designed by architect Charles Zeller Klauder and is the tallest gothic styled building and second-tallest education building in the world.
