The Bridge of Sighs, the connecting arch over Ross Street between the Allegheny County Courthouse and the Jail. Detainees were transferred from the jail through the archway to courtrooms in the courthouse for hearings and trails. The Allegheny County Courthouse, designed by Brookline, Massachusetts, architect H.H. Richardson in the Romanesque style, was built between 1884 and 1888.‹›
Old Allegheny County Jail

H. H. Richardson

Interior · Pittsburgh, United States · 1995

Photo: James Benney III · 1889date Q · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2419×3000

The Bridge of Sighs, the connecting arch over Ross Street between the Allegheny County Courthouse and the Jail. Detainees were transferred from the jail through the archway to courtrooms in the courthouse for hearings and trails. The Allegheny County Courthouse, designed by Brookline, Massachusetts, architect H.H. Richardson in the Romanesque style, was built between 1884 and 1888.

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