University of Pittsburgh
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N 40° 26.667 W 079° 57.269
17T E 588664 N 4477613
Marker at 5th Ave. & Bigelow Blvd., Oakland, Pittsburgh.
Waymark Code: WM9WR
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2006
Views: 46
The marker reads: "First institution of higher education west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River. Founded in 1787 as the Pittsburgh Academy, it became the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1819. Present name was adopted in 1908."
Marker Name: University of Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 11/02/1979
Marker Type: City
Location: SE corner, 5th Ave. & Bigelow Blvd., Oakland, Pittsburgh
Category: Education
Website: [Web Link]
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