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The Frick Pittsburgh is a cluster of museums and historical buildings located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and formed around the Frick family's nineteenth-century residence known as "Clayton". It focuses on the interpretation of the life and times of Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist and art collector.
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron.He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern.
The park began when the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed 151 acres (61 ha) south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion (which is now part of the Frick Art & Historical Center). He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund ($35.1 million today) for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on June 25, 1927.
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Holiday window reveal, arrival of Santa, caroling and carriage rides coming to Wooster on Friday. Festivities include toy train rides, fire and ice battle, carriage rides, tree lighting Skip to ...
The Henry Clay Frick House (also known as the Frick Collection building or 1 East 70th Street) is a mansion and museum building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
The floral prints were out Monday evening at the Frick museum’s temporary home at Frick Madison, for the museum’s annual spring garden party. While the festive spring theme works better in an ...
Frick, who feuded with Carnegie after they split as business associates, had the building designed to be taller than Carnegie's in order to encompass it in constant shadow. [2] The Frick Building was opened on March 15, 1902, and originally had 20 floors. It was the tallest building in the city at that time. [3]