 Salk Hall is named after Jonas Salk who conducted history-making research there. Pitt Stadium, seen in the background to the right, was torn down in 1999 and is now the site of the Petersen Events Center. | |
  Location of the Salk Hall in Pittsburgh | |
| Location | Oakland neighborhood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°26′34″N 79°57′46″W / 40.442710°N 79.962914°W |
| Built/founded | 1940-1941 |
| Architect | Richard Irving and Theodore Eicholz |
| Architectural style(s) | Art Deco |
| Governing body/ | University of Pittsburgh |
| PHMC dedicated | April 12, 2005 |
| PHLF designated | 1972[1] |
Jonas Salk Hall at the University of Pittsburgh is a Pennsylvania state[2] and Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark.[3] The Art Deco building is named after Jonas Salk, who conducted his research on the first polio vaccine in a basement laboratory while on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]
- ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF), Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 2010, p. 5, retrieved 2010-06-26
- ^ "Salk Polio Vaccine". Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission: Historical Markers. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ "Internet Archive: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: PHLF Plaques & Registries". 2007-01-27. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787–1987. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. book Three, pp. 211. ISBN 0-8229-1150-7.
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