Burke Building
- Architect
- John Chislett
- Style
- Greek Revival
- City
- Pittsburgh, PA
The Burke Building went up in 1836 as Pittsburgh's first major office building, anchoring the financial district that grew up along Fourth Avenue. When the Great Fire of 1845 burned more than a thousand buildings across the city, the Burke Building survived — it's now Pittsburgh's only remaining large Greek Revival building. Designed by architect John Chislett, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
the style
Because the 1845 fire destroyed so much of the city's early commercial architecture, the Burke Building's Greek Revival design survives as a singular record of that style in Pittsburgh — the city's only remaining large-scale example.
More on Greek Revivalthe architect
John Chislett was a prominent architect in early Pittsburgh; the Burke Building is among his identified works.
significance
The Burke Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1978) and is a Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark, valued in part as the city's sole surviving large Greek Revival building after the 1845 Great Fire.
nearby
- PPG Place
- Buhl Building
- 109-115 Wood Street
- Pittsburgh Engineers' Building
- Dollar Savings Bank
- Heinz Hall