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Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building

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Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building
The building as it appeared in 2009, with the "Executive Wing" on the left.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building is located in Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building
LocationMarguerite and Bluff Sts., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Aurie2 acres
Biggit1890
AirchitectOsterling,Frederick J.; Janssen & Cocken
Airchitectural styleRenaissance, Romanesque, Chateauesque
NRHP Reference #87000376[1]
Addit tae NRHPMarch 06, 1987

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (kent locally as the Castle[2] or Library Hall[3]) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a building frae 1890. It was listed oan the Pittsburgh History an Landmarks Foondation in 1975,[4] an the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] Originally built as an office biggin fur the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, it noo houses The George Westinghouse Museum.

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  1. a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 Mairch 2009.
  2. Wilmerding World Wide (2002). Wilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 0738510785. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2011.
  3. nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com, PENNSYLVANIA - Allegheny County, retrieved 8 Mairch 2011
  4. "Historic Landmark Plaques: 1968-2009" (PDF), Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 2010, retrieved 9 Mairch 2011 Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help)