Heinz, H.J., Company

Nine contributing buildings from 1907 to 1937 form the historic core of the H.J. Heinz Company plant on the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. The earliest and most prominent is the five-story Administration Building of 1907, designed by Albert Kahn with a granite base, white terra cotta columns and a Beaux-arts north facade. The surrounding brick and stone buildings, including the Bean, Power, Shipping, Meat Products, Cereal, Reservoir and Service and Auditorium buildings, are in Romanesque Revival style and were linked by bridges over Heinz Street. The complex is regarded as significant for its role in the growth of the food company under founder H.J. Heinz, who died in 1919, and for its architecture. Modernization in the 1950s removed corner towers and parapet signs and replaced earlier factory buildings, but the early group retains its original scale and materials.