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How much did Koppers Tower cost to build?

The Koppers Tower (Koppers Building) is the Art Deco office skyscraper on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 475 ft (145 m) tall with 34 floors above ground, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White as the headquarters of the Koppers Company, begun in 1927 and completed in March 1929. Positively Pittsburgh and the database Buildings DB both give the cost as 5.3 million US dollars, as does Wikipedia.

Reported project cost

$5.3 million

Cost basis: 1929

Koppers Tower in Pittsburgh
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Reported project cost1929
buildingsdb.com

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  1. 1927

    Construction started

    positivelypittsburgh.com

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