Pittsburgh City-County Building

Pittsburgh City-County Building
Front view of the Pittsburgh City-County Building across from Grant St.
Alternative names	City Hall
General information
Type	Neo-Classical, Beau-Arts
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Location	Pittsburgh, United States
Address	414 Grant Street
Coordinates	40.4381, -79.9969
Construction started	July 5, 1915
Completed	December 1917
Cost	$2.771 million $61 million in 2017 dollars
Owner	City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny
Height	144 feet
Dimensions
Diameter	300 feet X 183 feet
Technical details
Floor count	10
Design and construction
Architect	Henry Hornbostel
Architecture firm	Palmer, Hornbostel & Jones
Structural engineer	McClintic-Marshall & Co.
Other designers	R. Gustavino, Charles Keck
Main contractor	James L. Stewart

The Pittsburgh City-County Building is the seat of government for the City of Pittsburgh and houses both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County offices. It is located in Downtown Pittsburgh at 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built from 1915-17 it is the third seat of government of Pittsburgh. Today the building is occupied mostly by Pittsburgh offices with Allegheny County located in adjacent county facilities.

In 1914, a competition was held for a new Pittsburgh City Hall. The 16-entry competition led to the commissioning of Edward B. Lee, a respected Pittsburgh architect, with Palmer, Hornbostel, & Jones as associated architects. The completed design was done by Hornbostel. The building was commissioned by former Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pittsburgh's 1816 incorporation as a city.

On the seventh floor of the building is a massive mural completed in 1940 entitled "Justice" by award winning artist Harry Scheuch.

1922's In the Name of the Law starred Pittsburgh Pirates great and future Hall of Famer Honus Wagner as the hero, as a Pittsburgh Police Superintendent pitched baseballs off the 144-foot-high roof in the film's climax.

Mayor Magee and the City Hall were featured in 1924's Fording the Lincoln Highway.

1992's Lorenzo's Oil used the building to shoot scenes depicting Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Many scenes of the Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker 1993 police drama Striking Distance were filmed both inside and on the Grant Street entrance to the building. Most notable is the nighttime scene of Dennis Farina's supervisor character arguing with Willis' "Tom Hardy" over the "Polish Hill" documents.