Fulton Building
title: "Fulton Building" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["commercial-buildings-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places-in-pennsylvania", "commercial-buildings-completed-in-1906", "commercial-buildings-in-pittsburgh", "pittsburgh-history-&-landmarks-foundation-historic-landmarks", "national-register-of-historic-places-in-pittsburgh", "1906-establishments-in-pennsylvania"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Building" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Fulton Building |
| image | Fulton Building in Pittsburgh in 2016.jpg |
| location | 107 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| coordinates | |
| locmapin | Pittsburgh#Pennsylvania#USA |
| built | 1906 |
| architect | Grosvenor Atterbury |
| architecture | Italian Renaissance |
| added | May 10, 2002 |
| area | less than one acre |
| refnum | 02000556 |
| <ref name | "nris" |
| designated_other1 | PHLF |
| designated_other1_date | 2003 |
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| name = Fulton Building | nrhp_type = | image = Fulton Building in Pittsburgh in 2016.jpg | caption = | location = 107 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | coordinates = | locmapin = Pittsburgh#Pennsylvania#USA | built = 1906 | architect = Grosvenor Atterbury | architecture = Italian Renaissance | added = May 10, 2002 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 02000556 | designated_other1 = PHLF | designated_other1_date = 2003
The Fulton Building is an historic structure in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named after inventor Robert Fulton, the building was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury and completed in 1906. Construction was funded by industrialist Henry Phipps.
History and features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fulton_Building_across_the_Allegheny_cropped.jpg" caption="Henry Phipps]]. It was subsequently named after noted inventor [[Robert Fulton]].Lowry, "Renovated Fulton Building opening as Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News'', March 13, 2001."] ::
On May 26, 1943 the building hosted America's first night-court for gasoline war ration violators.
Since 2001, it has been the home of the city's Renaissance Hotel.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
References
References
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- (2010). "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009". Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
- Lowry, Patricia. "[http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_city/20010313hotel2.asp Renovated Fulton Building opening as Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-04-02 ." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News'', March 13, 2001.)
- Charles Uhl. (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Fulton Building". National Archives and Records Administration.
- Lowry, "Renovated Fulton Building opening as Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News'', March 13, 2001.
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- Lowry, "Renovated Fulton Building opening as Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News'', March 13, 2001.
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