{"nrhp_refnum":"96000378","name":"109-115 Wood Street","other_names":["Hartje Bros. Paper Manufacturing Co."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Buildings at109--115 Wood St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.438433254000074,"lon":-80.00229029499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of seven-story commercial buildings at the corner of Wood Street and Boulevard of the Allies in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. 109-111 Wood Street was built in 1897 and 113-115 Wood Street in 1902, as offices and warehouses for the Hartje Brothers Paper Manufacturing Company.","why_significant":"The buildings are argued to be significant for their Renaissance Revival architecture and their high degree of integrity. Their tall, column-like composition with banded stone bases and pilaster-like bays reflects the work of architect Charles Bickel, whose design approach is treated as typical of the many smaller commercial buildings that form the background of Pittsburgh's architecture. The Hartje Brothers company was a significant regional paper business.","narrative":"Seven-story twin commercial buildings at the corner of Wood Street and Boulevard of the Allies in downtown Pittsburgh, built as offices and warehouses for the Hartje Brothers Paper Manufacturing Company. The first, at 109-111 Wood Street, was put up in 1897 after a fire destroyed the family's earlier building; the second, at 113-115 Wood Street, followed in 1902 and was designed to match it. Charles Bickel was the architect for both. The Wood Street facades use a column-like scheme with banded stone bases at the first two floors, pilaster-like bays above, and arched sixth-floor openings beneath a wooden cornice. Bickel's approach emphasized horizontal elements to anchor the height of tall buildings. The buildings are a notable example of Renaissance Revival commercial design with a high degree of architectural integrity. Their interiors were left largely unfinished, reflecting their warehouse origins, and the open floors of 109-111 Wood Street still show that character. Rehabilitations in the late 1980s and early 1990s converted the upper floors to office use while preserving exterior brick walls and exposed heavy timbers.","period_of_significance":"1897-1902","architect_builder":"Charles Bickel (architect)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in the late 1980s and early 1990s and converted to office space, with exterior brick walls and exposed heavy timbers preserved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.184395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000378.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000378/21f30bdd39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000378/21f30bdd39-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:109-115_Wood_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:109-115_Wood_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997674","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109%E2%80%93115_Wood_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4546794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/109-115-wood-street-96000378/"}