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Two blocks of historical buildings along Fourth Avenue are drawing new residents to Downtown who marvel at their opulent marble lobbies and elaborately carved stonework.
Desmone Architects and Stonehill Taylor led design
The Industrialist Hotel, Autograph Collection, has opened in Pittsburgh’s central business district. The 124-room hotel, owned by HRI Properties and managed by HRI Lodging, is housed within the 18-story landmark Arrott building.
The hotel, inspired by Pittsburgh’s resilient history as a steel capital, was meticulously restored and renovated by Desmone Architects and designed by Stonehill Taylor, and features a dynamic lobby bar, social lounge with fireplace and communal seating, fitness center, and signature modern American restaurant the Rebel Room.
The building, constructed in 1902 for James Arrott ─ known as the “Bathtub King of Pittsburgh” for being the first in the region to offer enameled iron bathtubs through his manufacturing business ─ was added to the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks list in 2000. While the historic façade holds rich architectural details, Stonehill Taylor inte
The Industrialist Hotel, Autograph Collection, opens today in Pittsburgh s Central Business District, serving as a key development in the renaissance of the city s historic downtown. The highly anticipated 124-room hotel, owned by HRI Properties, LLC and managed by HRI Lodging, LLC, is housed within the iconic, 18-story landmark Arrott building effortlessly blending old and new by design.
The boutique Industrialist Hotel is set to open in Downtown’s The Arrott Building by early May.
April 26, 2021
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Built in 1902 and standing 18 stories high, The Arrott Building on Wood Street Downtown was, in its prime, a testament to the extravagance of its day and its owner the Bathtub King of Pittsburgh, James Arrott.
Since the 1970s, following a failed attempt to convert it into 100 apartments for senior citizens, the office building has sat mostly empty, save for a Subway restaurant on its bottom level.
However, the grand bones of the building, which was added to the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks list in 2000, remained intact and formed the basis for a new boutique hotel.