Schenley Quadrangle
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Schenley Quadrangle
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Forbes Avenue entrance to Schenley Quadrangle
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| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′35.64″N 79°57′20.79″W / 40.4432333°N 79.9557750°WCoordinates: 40°26′35.64″N 79°57′20.79″W / 40.4432333°N 79.9557750°W |
| Area | Schenley Farms Historic District |
| Built | June 3, 1922-1924 |
| Architect | Henry Hornbostel with collaboration from Rutan & Russell and Eric Fisher Wood |
| Part of | Schenley Farms Historic District (#83002213) |
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| Added to NRHP | July 22, 1983 |
| Designated PHLF | 1972 |
Schenley Quadrangle is a cluster of University of Pittsburgh residence halls that is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark and are contributing properties to the Schenley Farms National Historic District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The five residence halls are the former historic Schenley Apartments, designed by Henry Hornbostel, with collaboration from Rutan & Russell and Eric Fisher Wood, for developer Franklin Nicola and were built between 1922 and 1924 at a cost of more than $4.5 million ($63.3 million in 2016 dollars). Originally, the Schenley Apartments were home of Pittsburgh's well-to-do, including for a time its architect Henry Hornbostel, and consisted of 1,113 rooms in 238 apartments throughout the five buildings. The University acquired them in December 1955 at a cost of $3 million ($26.8 million in 2016 dollars), and renovated them into residence halls for another $1 million ($8.81 million in 2016 dollars). By 1957-1958 101 female students had moved into 20 apartments in Building F (now called Brackenridge Hall).
Schenley Quadrangle consists of five residence halls: Amos Hall, Brackenridge Hall, Bruce Hall, Holland Hall, and McCormick Hall.
Amos Hall houses nine sororities, each floor houses a separate sorority. There are 152 upperclass women residents living in sorority suites which feature a kitchen, bathrooms, living room, and chapter room. Laundry facilities are in the penthouse. In November 2008, Pitt approved a $9.1 million renovation of Amos Hall which included air conditioning, updated energy-efficient electrical and water systems, and new bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens that were redesigned to be compatible with the pre-existing architectural structure. Completed and reopened for the 2009 fall term, the input of each sorority gave every floor its own style.
The Oakland Bakery and Market occupies space on the street level of the building, which had previously been occupied by a fitness center, and prior to that, a bank.
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