Benedum–Trees Building

The Benedum–Trees Building, which is located at 223 Fourth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1905. It was commissioned by Caroline Jones Machesney, the daughter and sole heir of a Pittsburgh banker, making it the first skyscraper in the city ordered by and built for a woman.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Benedum-Trees Building” and “Machesney Building”
  • Address: 223 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Market Square and Pittsburgh Playhouse.

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is a public space located in at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Market Street. The square was home to the first courthouse and first jail, and the first newspaper west of the , the Pittsburgh Gazette.

Arts center
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is Point Park University's performing arts center located in , Pennsylvania. It houses three performance spaces and is home to The Rep, Point Park's resident professional theatre company, as well as three student companies—Conservatory Theatre Company, Conservatory Dance Company, and Playhouse Jr. is situated 610 feet east of Benedum–Trees Building.

Shopping center
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The is a former theater and concert hall located at 332 Fifth Avenue in . It opened as the Grand Theatre on March 7, 1918, with Douglas Fairbanks in Headin' South and Winifred Westover in Her Husband’s Wife. is situated 700 feet east of Benedum–Trees Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Uptown Pittsburgh.

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Downtown is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Neighborhood
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Uptown is a neighborhood in the city of , Pennsylvania, southeast of the city's Central Business District. It is bordered on the north by the Hill District and lies across the Monongahela River from .

Neighborhood
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is a community within the larger neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.

Benedum–Trees Building

Latitude
40.4399° or 40° 26′ 24″ north
Longitude
-80.00216° or 80° 0′ 8″ west
Inception
1905
Levels
19
Open location code
86GXCXQX+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 202785380
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4887396
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