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Drawing for the Acropolis Plan, 1909.

Credit: Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh Archives, Archives Service Center

In the early 1900s, the architectuural firm of Palmer and Hornbostel designed an epic plan for expansion of the University of Pittsburgh, based on the ancient Acropolis in Athens. Had the full plan been realized, the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus would have included 60 buildings designed in the Greco-Roman style. Only four of the planned buildings were completed: Thaw Hall, Pennsylvania Hall, State Hall, and the Mineral Industries Building.

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