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University and college buildings completed in 1956University of Pittsburgh academic buildings
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George Hubbard Clapp Hall is a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District[1][2] on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The six-story Gothic Revival structure, designed by Trautwein & Howard, was completed in 1956 and serves as the primary facility of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences. It contains laboratories, classrooms, a greenhouse, and an amphitheater-style lecture hall with 404 seats.

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