DeNinno Architects is working with Christine Davis Consulting and PNC Realty Services on the documentation of historic structures on the site of the proposed Tower at PNC Plaza in downtown Pittsburgh. The drawings are being done to National Park Service Department of the Interior Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) standards. As part of this effort our drawings and the documentation prepared by Christine Davis Consultants will be submitted to HABS and archived in the Library of Congress.
“The Dimling-Bolan Building has anchored this corner lot since 1904 when Andrew Mellon, the prominent banker and United States Secretary of Treasury, owned the property. Embellished with ornate terra cotta features, the building remains an important example of Beaux Arts architecture in Pittsburgh. Christian Dimling, a member of the well-known Pittsburgh family of confectioners, established a popular German restaurant in this building in 1907. Dimling and his brothers were Bavarian immigrants who founded their first candy store in Pittsburgh in 1875. Inspired by his family, Christian Dimling maintained his successful German restaurant for over a decade. The restaurant shared the building with offices and shops located on the second and third floors. Shortly after Dimling closed his restaurant in 1919, the Dimling Candy Company opened a confectionary on the first floor. In the 1930s and 40s, a dental office occupied the second floor and a barber shop was in basement. Bolan’s Candies moved to the first floor in the mid-1900s and remained in this landmark building until the end of the century. ”
