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{{short description|Building at the University of Pittsburgh}}
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{{Infobox NRHP | name = Cathedral of Learning
| nrhp_type = indcp | nocat = yes
| image = Cathedral of Learning stitch 1.jpg
| alt = A 42-story Gothic Revival skyscraper
| caption = The Cathedral of Learning at the [[University of Pittsburgh]]
| locmapin = Pittsburgh#Pennsylvania#USA
| location = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|26|39|N|79|57|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = {{start date and age|1926}}
| architect = [[Charles Klauder]]
| architecture = [[Gothic Revival|Late Gothic Revival]] with some [[Art Deco]] influences
| added = November 3, 1975<ref name = nris/>
| refnum = 75001608<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| partof                 = [[Schenley Farms Historic District]]
| partof_refnum          = 83002213
| designated_nrhp_type   = July 22, 1983<ref name="nris"/>
| designated_other1_name = City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure
| designated_other1_date = February 22, 1977<ref name="CPHD list">{{cite web | url = http://www.phlf.org/historic-plaque-program/local-historic-designations/ | title = Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: Local Historic Designations| date =May 1, 2002 | access-date = February 25, 2008 }}</ref>
| designated_other1_abbr = CPHS
| designated_other1_link = List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations
| designated_other1_color = black
| designated_other1_textcolor = gold
| designated_other2 = PHLF
| designated_other2_date = 1970: Croghan-Schenley Ballroom<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf | title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 | page=3 | year=2010 | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | access-date=June 25, 2010 }}</ref><br />1972: Cathedral of Learning interiors<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf | title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 | page=5 | year=2010 | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | access-date=June 25, 2010 }}</ref><br />1973: Cathedral of Learning<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf | title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 | page=6 | year=2010 | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | access-date=June 25, 2010 }}</ref>
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The '''Cathedral of Learning''' is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the [[University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh's]] (Pitt) main campus in the [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)|Oakland]] neighborhood of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. Standing at {{convert|535|ft|m}},<ref name="emporis1">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820065008/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121991|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 20, 2004|title=Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.|work=[[Emporis]]|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> the 42-story [[Gothic Revival architecture|Late Gothic Revival]] structure is the tallest educational building in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the second-tallest university building (fifth-[[List of tallest educational buildings|tallest educationally purposed building]]) in the world, after the [[main building of Moscow State University]].<ref name="emporis2">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=111633|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406233733/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=111633|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 6, 2004|title=Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia|work=[[Emporis]]|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> It is also the second-tallest gothic-styled building in the world, after the [[Woolworth Building]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1894 | title=Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh |publisher=SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> The Cathedral of Learning was commissioned in 1921 and ground was broken in 1926 under general contractor [[Stone & Webster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/02/26/85452800.pdf |title= C. A. Stone Is Dead |publisher=DailNew York Times Obituaries, page 21 |date=1941-02-26 |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> The first class was held in the building in 1931 and its exterior finished in October 1934,<ref>{{cite book | url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;cc=pittmiscpubs;q1=cathedral%20of%20learning;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;didno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=0149 | first=Robert C. | last=Alberts | title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh, 1787-1987 | year=1986 | page=129 | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | location=Pittsburgh, PA | isbn=978-0-8229-1150-0 | access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> prior to its formal [[Opening ceremony|dedication]] in June 1937. It is a Pittsburgh landmark<ref name="CPHD list"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.phlf.org/plaques/locallist.html | title= Internet Archive: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: PHLF Plaques & Registries| date=January 27, 2007 | access-date= February 25, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070127092030/http://www.phlf.org/plaques/locallist.html |archive-date= January 27, 2007}}</ref> listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="NRHP Allegheny County">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/pa/Allegheny/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - PENNSYLVANIA (PA), Allegheny County|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url={{NRHP-PA|H001732_01H.pdf}} | title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Cathedral of Learning | year=1967 | access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref>

Colloquially referred to as "Cathy" by Pitt students,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pittnews.com/article/6096/archives/youtube-sensations-perform-at-bigelow-bash/|title=YouTube sensations perform at Bigelow Bash|first=Jessica|last=Iacullo|newspaper=The Pitt News|date=April 15, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2016/03/04/University-of-Pittsburgh-cathedral-of-learning-Pitt-Cathy-has-fans-classroom-tower-landmark/stories/201603040214|title=Pitt's "Cathy" gets people chatty about nickname|first=Bill|last=Schackner|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, PA|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> the Cathedral of Learning is a steel-frame structure overlaid with [[Indiana limestone]] and contains more than 2,000 rooms and windows. It functions as a primary classroom and administrative center of the university, and is home to the [[Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences]], the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work|School of Social Work]], and a number of its departments, as well as the [[Cathedral of Learning#Frederick Honors College|Frederick Honors College]]. It houses multiple specialty spaces, including a studio theater, food court, study lounges, offices, computer and language labs, 31 [[Nationality Rooms]], and a half-acre (2000 m<sup>2</sup>, 22,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>), 4-story-high, vaulted, gothic study and event hall. The building contains noted examples of stained glass, stone, wood, and iron work and is often used by the university in photographs, postcards, and other advertisements.