Thackeray Hall

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| name = Thackeray Hall

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = ThackerayHallPitt.jpg

| caption = Thackeray Hall at the University of Pittsburgh

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|26|39.54|N|79|57|26.15|W|display=inline,title}}

| area = Schenley Farms Historic District

| built = 1923-1925

| architect = Abram Garfield, Cleveland (son of U. S. President James Abram Garfield)

| architecture = Early Classical

| added = July 22, 1983

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| partof = Schenley Farms Historic District

| partof_refnum = 83002213{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Thackeray Hall is an academic building of the University of Pittsburgh and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District[{{NRHP-PA|H050656_01H.pdf}}][https://web.archive.org/web/20090628170337/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3A%3Aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=bellefield%20hall&-max=50&-recid=38544&-find=] at 139 University Place on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Thackeray Hall houses Pitt's Department of Mathematics. Previously, it housed the Mathematics Library in room 430,{{cite web | url=http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/math/math.html | title=University Library System: Mathematics Library | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | access-date=2010-12-10}} whose collection is now located in the Bevier Engineering Library of Benedum Hall.{{cite web | url=http://www.mathematics.pitt.edu/resources/math-library.php | title=Department of Mathematics - Mathematics Library | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | date=2009-08-05 | access-date=2010-12-10 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031030603/http://www.mathematics.pitt.edu/resources/math-library.php | archive-date=2010-10-31 }} On the ground floor are many university student services: class registration, tuition billing, and transcripts, as well as housing the Advising Center of the School of Arts and Sciences on the second floor.[http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-112.html]

The building is the former [http://www.aignationalunion.com/ National Union Fire Insurance Company] building built circa 1923–1925 in the Early Classical style.Kideny, Walter C. Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1997, pg. 351[http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/phmc_display.cfm?KeyNo=005653 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database: National Union Fire Insurance Company, Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, Philadelphiabuildings.org] The building was purchased by the university in 1968 for $1.875 million (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|1875000|1968}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}), and was originally purposed for faculty offices.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fBscAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758%2C791846 | title=Pitt Buys Building For Faculty | newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press | date=1968-07-03 | access-date=2010-02-01}} It was known as the Social Sciences Building until 1972 when it was renamed Mervis Hall and designated as the home of the Graduate School of Business.[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittfact;cc=pittfact;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=social%20sciences%20building;rgn=full%20text;idno=1979a073698;didno=1979a073698;view=image;seq=0076] In 1983, when the Graduate School of Business moved into a new building also named Mervis Hall, it was renamed Thackeray Hall.