Pittsburgh Athletic Association

Pittsburgh Athletic Association

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name = Pittsburgh Athletic Association
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caption = Vintage postcard depicting the Pittsburgh Athletic Association
location= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
area =
built = 1909-1911
architect= Benno Janssen
architecture= Venetian High Renaissance
added = December 15, 1978
governing_body = Pittsburgh Athletic Association
refnum=78002338 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-09|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Pittsburgh Athletic Association is a National Register of Historic Places building and club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard in the city's Oakland district, it faces three other landmark buildings: the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning and William Pitt Union as well as the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial.

Architect Benno Janssen(1874—1964) used a Venetian Renaissance palace as a prototype for his design, perhaps Palazzo Grimani or Libreria on Piazza San Marco. He completed the structure in 1911.

The Pittsburgh Athletic Association is a nonprofit membership club chartered in 1908. It continues today to offer comprehensive athletic facilities, sports lessons, spa services, fine dining, and overnight accommodations.

ee also

* List of American gentlemen's clubs
* Schenley Farms Historic District

References

*cite book | author=Kidney, Walter C. | title=Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-916670-18-X
*cite book | author=Miller, Donald | title=The Architecture of Benno Janssen| location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Madison Books | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-9660-9550-2
*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1986, 1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6

External links

* [http://www.paaclub.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp Pittsburgh Athletic Association homepage]

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