15-553: Music building may refer to: Music Building (University of Pittsburgh) , a historic building that houses the music department of the University of Pittsburgh MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building , the home of the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon Music Building (Toronto) , a building at Exhibition Place on
30-468: A Knights of Columbus club before being purchased in 1936 by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company for laboratory operations of its subsidiary, Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation. Pittsburgh Plate Glass donated the building to the University of Pittsburgh in 1953 in order for the university to establish it as the home for the city's first educational television station, WQED . The building therefore became
45-506: A trustee (1886) and then chancellor (1891–1901) of the University of Pittsburgh , then called the Western University of Pennsylvania. The Holland's house sat across the street from Holland's church, Bellefield Presbyterian, a wooden structure that was replaced by a stone Richardsonian Romanesque structure designed by Frederick J. Osterling in 1890 that matched his house. The Hollands sold their house some time before 1912. It became
60-638: Is an academic building of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States , and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District . A Longfellow, Alden & Harlow -designed mansion that was originally the home of the pastor of a neighboring church and former university chancellor, it also served as the home to a local chapter of the Knights of Columbus, as chemical laboratories, and as
75-452: Is named for the former head of the music department who donated his personal collection to the school. The library's holdings include approximately 65,000 music scores and books, 25,000 sound recordings, 1,500 microforms, and 150 journals. Collections include Early American hymnals and tunebooks, volumes of sheet music with regional significance, seventeenth and eighteenth century prints of English sacred and secular works, and music belonging to
90-643: The Bellefield Presbyterian Church merged with and moved to the First United Presbyterian Church at Fifth and Thackeray, which adopted its name. The old church was dismantled in 1985 except for its tower, which still stands. The Theodore M. Finney Music Library is located in the basement of the Music Building and contains a general music research collection as well as several collections of important musical materials. The library
105-647: The Toronto shore of Lake Ontario The Music Building , a music rehearsal facility in New York City Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building , at St Hilda's College, Oxford Voxman Music Building , at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa Wolfe Music Building , in Cleveland, Ohio Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
120-530: The building in 1971 from its previous quarters on the ninth floor of the Cathedral of Learning . The Music Building was renovated in 2003 which included the installation of elevators. It also houses the Music Department Library, a piano lab, the electronic music studio, the ethnomusicology lab, a student/faculty lounge, practice rooms, teaching studios, offices, seminar rooms, and classrooms. In 1967,
135-405: The first home of educational television station WQED and that station's original production site for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood . Today it is home to the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Music and the school's Theodore M. Finney Music Library. The original mansion was designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow as a sandstone Richardsonian Romanesque mansion in 1884. The mansion
150-523: The landmark H.H. Richardson Allegheny County Courthouse and a public lawsuit filed by the industrialist Henry Clay Frick . Osterling's studio was in a building he designed himself in 1917 at 228 Isabella Street in Pittsburgh's North Shore neighborhood . Some of Osterling's works are pictured in a book entitled, " F. J. Osterling Architect", Murdoch-Kerr Press, Pittsburg, 1904. The book contains about 40 plates (some lithos, some artists drawings) depicting Osterling's works. These plates include views of
165-582: The late William Steinberg and Fidelis Zitterbart . Frederick J. Osterling Frederick John Osterling (October 4, 1865 – July 5, 1934) was an American architect , practicing in Pittsburgh from 1888. Frederick J. Osterling was born to Philip and Bertha Osterling in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania , on October 4, 1865. The Osterling family moved to Allegheny City when Frederick was young. Following his schooling in Allegheny City, Osterling began work in
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#1732848002719180-706: The office of Joseph Stillburg , and was published in American Architect and Building News at age 18. Following a period of European travel, he launched his own practice in 1888. During his career he designed many prominent Pittsburgh buildings, such as the Union Trust Building (1915–17). According to Martin Aurand, Architecture Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Osterling's practice faltered after controversy relating to his anticipated alteration to
195-493: The original home of the Public Broadcasting Service station, and the original production site of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , before becoming the home of Pitt's music department. A one-story addition was added presumably in the 1920s which was given a Richardsonian Romanesque stone facing, estimated to have been added in the 1950s, that matched the original house. The university's Department of Music moved into
210-508: The title Music Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Music_Building&oldid=1175208336 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Music Building (University of Pittsburgh) The Music Building
225-456: Was commissioned by Carrie T. Holland, youngest daughter of pioneer Pittsburgh iron manufacturer James K. Moorehead, as a gift for her husband William Jacob Holland , pastor of Bellefield Presbyterian Church at Fifth and Bellefield avenues in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh . William Jacob Holland was also a nationally recognized zoologist, paleontologist, and entomologist and went on to become
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