Built 1923-1925 Added to NRHP 22 July 1983 | Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | |
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Area Schenley Farms Historic District Part of Schenley Farms Historic District (#83002213) Address 166-, 172 Thackeray Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States Hours Open today · 8:30AM–4:45PMThursday8:30AM–4:45PMFriday9AM–4:45PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8:30AM–4:45PMTuesday8:30AM–4:45PMWednesday8:30AM–4:45PMSuggest an edit Similar Gardner Steel Conferen, Thaw Hall, Music Building, Ruskin Hall, Sennott Square | ||
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Thackeray Hall is an academic building of the University of Pittsburgh and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District[1][2] at 139 University Place on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thackeray Hall houses Pitt's Department of Mathematics. Previously, it housed the Mathematics Library in room 430, whose collection is now located in the Bevier Engineering Library of Benedum Hall. On the ground floor are many university student services: class registration, tuition billing, and transcripts, as well as housing the Advising Center of the School of Arts and Sciences on the second floor.[3]
The building is the former National Union Fire Insurance Company building built circa 1923-1925 in the Early Classical style. The building was purchased by the University in 1968 for $1,875,000 ($12.9 million in 2016 dollars), and was originally purposed for faculty offices. It was known as the Social Sciences Building until 1972 when it was renamed Mervis Hall and designated as the home of the Graduate School of Business.[4] In 1983, when the Graduate School of Business moved into a new building also named Mervis Hall, it was renamed Thackeray Hall.