Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
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
Location
Pittsburgh (Pa.), 40.44062, -79.99589
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html