Type Office Roof 230 ft (70 m) Architect John M. Donn Opened 1927 | Completed 1927 Floor count 21 Height 70 m Floors 21 | |
Location 239 4th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Address 239 Fourth Ave Ste 2020, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA Similar Fourth Avenue Historic D, Allied Arts Building, Arrott Building, Oliver Building, Maryland House | ||
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. The original name of the structure was the Insurance Exchange Building.
Designed by John M. Donn, 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.
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