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Nationality Rooms | |
 Rooms ring the three-story Gothic hall, named the Commons Room, in the Cathedral of Learning | |
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| Location | 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′39″N 79°57′11″W / 40.44417°N 79.95306°W |
| Built | Cathedral of Learning 1926 Nationality Rooms 1938–present |
| Architect | various |
| Architectural style | various, 18th century or earlier |
| Part of | Cathedral of Learning as part of the Schenley Farms Historic District (ID83002213) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001608[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 3, 1975[1] |
| Designated CP | Cathedral of Learning: July 22, 1983[1] |
| Designated CPHS | Cathedral of Learning: February 22, 1977[2] |
| Designated PHLF | 1972: Cathedral of Learning interiors[3] |
The Nationality Rooms are a group of 31 classrooms in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning depicting and donated by the national and ethnic groups that helped build the city of Pittsburgh. The rooms are designated as a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation historical landmark and are located on the 1st and 3rd floors of the Cathedral of Learning, itself a national historic landmark,[4][5] on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Although of museum caliber, 29 of the 31 rooms are used as daily classrooms by University of Pittsburgh faculty and students, while the other two (the Early American and Syrian-Lebanon) are display rooms viewed through glass doors, utilized primarily for special events, and can only be explored via special guided tour. The Nationality Rooms also serve in a vigorous program of intercultural involvement and exchange in which the original organizing committees for the rooms remain as participants and which includes a program of annual student scholarship to facilitate study abroad.[6] In addition, the Nationality Rooms inspire lectures, seminars, concerts exhibitions, and social events which focus on the various heritages and traditions of the nations represented. The national, traditional, and religious holidays of the nations represented are celebrated on campus and the rooms are appropriately decorated to reflect these occasions. The Nationality Rooms are available daily for public tours as long as the particular room is not being used for a class or other university function.[7]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: Local Historic Designations". 2002-05-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009" (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010: 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "National Registry of Historical Places". Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "PHLF". Smugmug.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "University Center for International Studies: Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs". Ucis.pitt.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "Nationality Rooms: Tours". University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
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