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Fairfax Apartments

1927 establishments in PennsylvaniaNational Register of Historic Places in PittsburghPennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubsResidential buildings completed in 1927Residential buildings in Pittsburgh
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
The Fairfax, Oakland, Pittsburgh, 2021 06 01, 02
The Fairfax, Oakland, Pittsburgh, 2021 06 01, 02

Fairfax Apartments is a historic apartment building in the North Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1926–27 as the Fifth Avenue Apartments, but was renamed in 1928 after being sold to the Fairfax Hotel Company. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.The building is nine stories high and consists of a main block facing Fifth Avenue with two perpendicular rear wings. It is faced with brown brick with limestone Jacobethan Revival architectural details including spandrels, quoins, and stringcourses. The symmetrical front elevation is 15 bays wide with three slightly projecting sections which are topped with stone finials. The side and rear elevations are less ornamented. The building contains 27 1-bedroom and studio apartments on each floor except for the ground floor, which was mostly converted to office space.

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Fairfax Apartments
Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh

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Fifth Avenue 4614
15213 Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, United States
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