| Farmers Bank Building | |
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| Farmers Bank Building (Pittsburgh).jpg | |
| Alternative names | Farmers Deposit National Bank Building Rockwell-Standard Building 500 Wood Street |
| General information | |
| Status | Imploded |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 305 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Demolished | May 27, 1997 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 105.01 m (344.5 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Penzer Inc. |
| Management | Penzer Inc. |
| Architect | Alden & Harlow |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
The Farmers Bank Building was a 27-storey, 105 m (344 ft) skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania completed in 1903 and demolished on May 27, 1997.[3] The University of Pittsburgh's online digital library states the building was constructed in 1903 and had 24 stories.[4] To a generation of Pittsburgh sports fans the building is well remembered for being resurfaced in the early 1990's in a failed rehabilitation but also fondly for a 15 story high mural of Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski, Jack Lambert, Mean Joe Greene and Mario Lemieux completed by Judy Penzer in 1992. For the five years the mural existed it was often the centerpiece for national networks cutting to or from games while they were in town for sporting events.
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