National Register of Historic Places
Century Building
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- August 13, 2008
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 130 7th St., Pittsburgh
- County
- Allegheny
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1900 to 1924
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.44360, -80.00063
- Reference number
- 08000781
The story
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The Century Building is a twelve-story masonry office building at 130 7th St. in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. It was built in 1906-1907 in the Commercial Style with Beaux Arts detailing, designed by Rutan & Russell.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion C, with significance in architecture at the local level. It was listed in the National Register in 2008. Its period of significance is 1907, the year construction was completed. The nomination calls its reinforced concrete construction a fine example of the technique.
Physical character
The walls are beige Roman brick rising in continuous vertical piers above a cream-colored terra cotta base, with terra cotta trim and a projecting cornice. The foundation is concrete, the roof is gambrel and covered in rubber, and the interior was remodeled in 1980.
Historical context
The Henry Shenk Company built it, and it was used for commerce historically and, at the time of its listing, still served a commercial function.