Allegheny County PA Archives- Photos: New Courthouse at Pittsburg, Allegheny County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ellis Michaels , July 2011 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/photos/allegheny-courthouse-1843.txt Photo may be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/photos/allegheny-courthouse-1843.jpg Taken from Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania by Sherman Day Published by George W. Gorton, Philadelphia 1843 woodcut New Courthouse at Pittsburg The New Courthouse at Pittsburg. This edifice is situated on Grant's hill, an eminence so high as to afford an extensive view of the hills and valleys of the three rivers, with the towns and villages for miles around. The building is 165 feet long by 100 feet broad, and is connected with the jail in the rear. The principal story contains a rotunda 60 feet in diameter, four court-rooms and two jury-rooms. In the second story are the rooms for the U. S. district court, for the supreme court of the state, and the law library. This edifice, one of the most elegant in the United States, occupied five years in being built, and cost nearly $200,000. It is built of the fine gray sandstone of the neighboring hills. John Chislett. Esq.. of Allegheny was the architect; Messrs. Coltart and Dilworth the contractors and builders.