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Benedum-Trees Building

— Historic Landmark —

 
 
Benedum-Trees Building Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 31, 2013
1. Benedum-Trees Building Marker
Inscription.
Benedum-Trees Building
Thomas H. Scott, Arch., 1905

 
Erected by Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureIndustry & CommerceLandmarks. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
 
Location. 40° 26.391′ N, 80° 0.142′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Downtown. It is on Fourth Avenue 0.1 miles east of Stanwix Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsburgh PA 15222, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Burke's Landmark (a few steps from this marker); Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Martin R. Delany (about 300 feet away); Arrott Building (about 300 feet away); Fourth Avenue National Register Historic District (about 400 feet away); Site of Bear Tavern (about 400 feet away); High Water Mark (about 400 feet away); Louis Kossuth (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Work Accidents and the Law (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing).
 
Also see . . .  Benedum-Trees Building. wikipedia article (Submitted on July 31, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.) 
 
Benedum-Trees Building image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, July 31, 2013
2. Benedum-Trees Building
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 909 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 31, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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