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Benedum–Trees Building located at 223 Fourth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1905. The building was commissioned by Caroline Jones Machesney, the daughter and sole heir of a Pittsburgh banker, making it the first skyscraper in the city ordered by and built for a woman. It was originally called the Machesney Building until 1913, when Machesney sold it for $10 million to two local men who had gotten rich drilling for oil, Joe Trees and Michael Late Benedum. For the next 40 years, the fifteenth floor was home to their offices.

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  • Benedum–Trees Building located at 223 Fourth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1905. The building was commissioned by Caroline Jones Machesney, the daughter and sole heir of a Pittsburgh banker, making it the first skyscraper in the city ordered by and built for a woman. It was originally called the Machesney Building until 1913, when Machesney sold it for $10 million to two local men who had gotten rich drilling for oil, Joe Trees and Michael Late Benedum. For the next 40 years, the fifteenth floor was home to their offices. The building, designed by Thomas H. Scott, was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1973. The building is 19 stories tall. Benedum Trees Oil Company was founded in 1904, by Michael Late Benedum and Joe Trees]in Wheeling, Virginia. In 1929 Benedum Trees opened a subsidiary Republic Oil Refining Company in Texas City, Texas. (en)
  • Benedum–Trees Building es un edificio ubicado en 223 Fourth Avenue en el centro de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, la capital del estado de Pensilvania (Estados Unidos). Construido en 1905,​ fue encargado por el abogado de Pittsburgh H. A. Machesney.​ Originalmente se llamó Machesney Building hasta 1911, cuando se convirtió en la sede de Benedum–Trees Oil Company.​ Durante los siguientes 40 años, el decimoquinto piso fue el hogar de las oficinas de Joe Trees y Mike Benedum. El edificio, diseñado por Thomas H. Scott,​ fue agregado a la Lista de Monumentos Históricos de la Fundación de Historia y Monumentos de Pittsburgh en 1973. Tiene 19 pisos y mide 64 metros de altura.​ (es)
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  • Benedum–Trees Building located at 223 Fourth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1905. The building was commissioned by Caroline Jones Machesney, the daughter and sole heir of a Pittsburgh banker, making it the first skyscraper in the city ordered by and built for a woman. It was originally called the Machesney Building until 1913, when Machesney sold it for $10 million to two local men who had gotten rich drilling for oil, Joe Trees and Michael Late Benedum. For the next 40 years, the fifteenth floor was home to their offices. (en)
  • Benedum–Trees Building es un edificio ubicado en 223 Fourth Avenue en el centro de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, la capital del estado de Pensilvania (Estados Unidos). Construido en 1905,​ fue encargado por el abogado de Pittsburgh H. A. Machesney.​ Originalmente se llamó Machesney Building hasta 1911, cuando se convirtió en la sede de Benedum–Trees Oil Company.​ Durante los siguientes 40 años, el decimoquinto piso fue el hogar de las oficinas de Joe Trees y Mike Benedum. (es)
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