{"nrhp_refnum":"02000556","name":"Fulton Building","other_names":["Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.44586178600008,"lon":-80.00183857999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Fulton Building is a thirteen-story steel-framed skyscraper on the northern edge of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, at the southeastern corner of Sixth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard beside the Allegheny River. It was constructed in 1905-1906 for Henry Phipps from designs by New York architect Grosvenor Atterbury.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture: a Renaissance Revival skyscraper with a distinctive open copper-clad lightwell bridged at the top floors, a hipped tile roof, and an ornate marble lobby. Its design, prominent riverfront site, and nationally known architect are cited as the basis for its significance, and it is presented as part of Phipps' early downtown skyscraper development.","narrative":"Thirteen-story skyscraper on the northern edge of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, built 1905-1906 for Henry Phipps, a former partner of Andrew Carnegie, to designs by New York architect Grosvenor Atterbury. The steel-framed building is faced with granite and buff brick and follows the base, shaft and capital formula common to early skyscrapers. Its most noted feature is a copper-clad lightwell opening onto the Allegheny River, bridged at the upper floors. The hipped tile roof, copper cornice, and a large marble lobby add to its Renaissance Revival character. The building was designed as a speculative office block and housed a mix of small businesses, professionals and a branch post office. It is valued for its design, its prominent site, and its association with a nationally known architect. Remodeling in 1948 and later decades altered its storefronts, which were restored in a 1999-2001 rehabilitation into a hotel.","period_of_significance":"1905-1906","architect_builder":"Grosvenor Atterbury (architect); Henry Phipps (owner and contractor)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Italian Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated into a hotel from 1999-2001","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.563336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000556.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000556/5b978091a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000556/5b978091a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dllu","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulton_Building_in_Pittsburgh_in_2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dllu</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulton_Building_in_Pittsburgh_in_2016.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000250","name":"Penn-Liberty Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/penn-liberty-historic-district-boundary-increase-13000250/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997660","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5508402"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/fulton-building-02000556/"}