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Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinity.
Survey number: HABS PA-430
Building/structure dates: 1764 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after 1892 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bouquet, Henry
Milner, John D, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Canto h, F Perez, delineator
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Location

Pittsburgh (Pa.)40.44062, -79.99589
Google Map of 40.44062479999999, -79.9958864
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Source

Library of Congress
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