Thackeray Hall

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name = Thackeray Hall
nrhp_type = cp

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caption = Thackeray Hall at the University of Pittsburgh
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lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 26
lat_seconds = 39.54
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 57
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area = Schenley Farms Historic District
built = 1923-1925
architect =
architecture = Early Classical
added = July 22, 1983cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-09|accessdate=2008-03-12|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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governing_body = University of Pittsburgh

Thackeray Hall is an academic building of the University of Pittsburgh and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District [http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H050656_01B.pdf] [http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=bellefield%20hall&-max=50&-recid=38544&-find=] at 139 University Place on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

It houses Pitt's Department of Mathematics as well as its Mathematics Library. 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. [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-112.html]

The building is the former [http://www.aignationalunion.com/ National Union Fire Insurance Company] building built circa 1923-1925 in the Early Classical style. [Kideny, Walter C. Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1997, pg. 351] [ [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/phmc_display.cfm?KeyNo=005653 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database: National Union Fire Insurance Company, Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, Philadelphiabuildings.org] ] The building was purchased by the University in 1967. 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. [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittfact;cc=pittfact;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=social%20sciences%20building;rgn=full%20text;idno=1979a073698;didno=1979a073698;view=image;seq=0076] In 1983, when the Graduate School of Business moved into a new building also named Mervis Hall, it was renamed Thackeray Hall.

External links

* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-112.html University of Pittburgh Virtual Tour: Thackeray Hall]
* [http://www.mathematics.pitt.edu/ Department of Mathematics]
* [http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/math/math.html Mathematics Library]
* [http://www.as.pitt.edu/undergraduate/advising/index.html School of Arts & Sciences Advising]

References

* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-112.html University of Pittburgh Virtual Tour]