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Thomas Hannah was an architect in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in the United States. He is credited with designing the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral. He also designed the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. He also designed Midtown Towers, originally known as the Keenan Building and built in 1907.〔(Building Age, Volume 29, p. 321 )〕It was built for Colonel Thomas J. Keenan owner and founder of the ''Penny Press'' that became ''Pittsburgh Press''〔()〕 The building may have been modeled after the Spreckel Building/ Call Building (1898) of San Francisco. It is decorated with visages of 10 notables associated with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania, including then-mayor George Guthrie and then-governor Edwin Stuart, in addition to George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt.〔〔(Pittsburgh City Paper, March 17, 2005 )〕〔(Culture Now, Museum Without Walls )〕 The dome was once capped with the figure of an eagle in flight.〔(Penn Liberty Walking Tour )〕 Hannah may have begun his career working as part of Struthers & Hannah, a Pittsburgh architectural firm credited with the design of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library (Carnegie, Pennsylvania) (1901), a Carnegie library at 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Plans for a Presbyterian church at Hamilton and Lang avenues, alterations to the Commercial National Bank Building at 316 Fourth Ave, brick and terra cotta People's National Bank building〔()〕 At the firm, Hannad is credited with the The First Congregational Church (1904) on Dithridge Street near Forbes, a sandstone-fronted gray brick building that eventually became the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral. 〔Oakland Walter C. Kidney - 2005 page 122c〕 ==Works== *Western Theological Seminary/ West Hall of the Community College of Allegheny County (1912) at 809 Ridge Avenue in Pittsburgh's Allegheny West neighborhood. *Gregg House (1909), now part of Chatham University) at 129 Woodland Road in Squirrel Hill. Gregg House, (1907?)was the residence of Chatham University's president for 45 years.〔http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/christmas-naturally-515180/#ixzz2U2hpt1ZD〕〔(photo of Gregg house )〕 *Midtown Towers (Originally the Keenan Building) (1907) at 643 Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh. It is a steel frame 18-story building with brick and terracotta. Its dome (flanked by four smaller domes) may have been the world's first made using poured concrete.〔(Keenan building ) includes photos〕〔〔(photo of Midtown Towers )〕〔()〕 *Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral〔 (1904) *First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Hannah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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