Broadhead Manor, UJMAA Commercial Service Center, 1900 Broadhead Fordi...
Survey number: HABS PA-6221-A Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work
Blair Heights, Building No. 8, Maple Avenue, Clairton, Allegheny Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-6642-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), Harper Building, 723-72...
Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The Harper Building is significant as a tribute to John Arunah Harper, a prominent financier, organizer, and philanthropist in l... More
Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania Building, 416-420 Seventh Avenue, Pitts...
Significance: This building, which served as Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania's switching hall, may be on the oldest telecommunications facilities still in use in the country. It is an excellent example of the Ro... More
Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, Reflectorville Viaduct, Overbroo...
Significance: The bridge is one of four bridges which carried Pittsburgh Railway's trolley cars, along the 6 mile route from Mount Washington to Castle Shannon. Survey number: HAER PA-410-C
U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Commandants' Quarters, Fortieth Street, Pittsb...
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Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, Attendant's Quarters Anne...
Significance: The Attendant's Quarters Annex is associated with an early program of expansion at the Aspinwall Veteran's Hospital facility. The construction of new quarters for attendants in 1932 is indicative ... More
Structures on Old National Trail, Bridge, U.S. Route 40, Pittsburgh, A...
Survey number: HABS PA-6644 Public domain photograph of a viaduct, bridge, arch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wallace & McAlister Buildings, 631-633 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, All...
Written data includes sketches photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The buildings at 631-633 Liberty Avenue were significant for both their original role as produce commission houses in the 1890s an... More
English-Oliver House, 845 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...
Significance: Originally built in 1871-74, the house was remodeled in 1892-93 after the designs of the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. One of the finest of the Pittsburgh millionaires'' mansions, i... More
Bedford Dwellings, Bedford Avenue between Erin & Morgan Streets, Pitts...
Survey number: HABS PA-6339 Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work
Rain. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - safety film negatives, Library of Con...
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Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), Whitten Building, 641 L...
Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The Whitten Building's primary significance was tied to its use as a commission house in the last quarter of the 19th century. A... More
Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...
Photo caption pages include a site plan. Written data includes floor plans & photocopies of location maps & site plans. Survey number: HABS PA-6640 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building... More
Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...
Photo caption pages include a site plan. Written data includes floor plans & photocopies of location maps & site plans. Survey number: HABS PA-6640 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building... More
Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, Elevated Tank, 5103 Delaf...
Significance: Constructed in 1957, the Elevated Water Tank is associated with the Aspinwall Hospital complex, which was developed by the Veterans' Bureau (later the Veterans' Administration) as part of a nation... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, 160" Plate Mill, Along Monongahela River, ...
See also HAER PA-301 for additional documentation. Includes drawings & written data. See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 110 through 119). Significance: As a group, t... More
Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, Station Garage, 5103 Dela...
Significance: Constructed in 1924, the Station Garage is associated with the Aspinwall Hospital complex, which was developed by the Veterans' Bureau (later the Veterans' Administration) as part of a nationwide ... More
West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...
Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More
West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...
Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More
West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...
Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More
Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Str...
Significance: Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, one of America's most famous bridge engineers, as a two-lane bridge. One lane was erected in 1883, and another was added in 1891. The span is Pittsburgh's most gra... More
Three Sisters Bridges, Ninth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...
Survey number: HAER PA-490-C Building/structure dates: 1924-1926 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86000019
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Press Shop No. 1, Along Monongahela River,...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 131 through 133). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the ... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Press Shop No. 1, Along Monongahela River,...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 131 through 133). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the ... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Press Shop No. 1, Along Monongahela River,...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 131 through 133). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the ... More
U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela...
Survey number: HAER PA-384-A Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941-... More
Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Mononga...
Significance: Major connection between the north and south sides of the plant which was separated by the Monongahela River. Practically all of the intra-mill transfer of materials crossed this bridge during th... More
Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Mononga...
Significance: Major connection between the north and south sides of the plant which was separated by the Monongahela River. Practically all of the intra-mill transfer of materials crossed this bridge during th... More
Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...
Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Machinery Hall Tower, Carnegie Mello...
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Fulton Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Additional info on LC index card. Significance: Theatre for Richard Hyde Esq., better known as the Fulton Theatre, was designed by architects Dodge and Morrison of New York City and was completed in the year 19... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, 22-Inch Bar Mill, Along Monongahela River, ...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 227 through 238). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More
Larimer Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Boulevard at Larimer Avenue...
Significance: At the time of its construction, the bridge was the world's longest reinforced concrete arch span. The bridge was part of a large public works program in Pittsburgh responding to several reports c... More
Larimer Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Boulevard at Larimer Avenue...
Significance: At the time of its construction, the bridge was the world's longest reinforced concrete arch span. The bridge was part of a large public works program in Pittsburgh responding to several reports c... More
Robert Neal Cabin, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS PA-46 Building/structure dates: 1787- 1795 Initial Construction
Robert Neal Cabin, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS PA-46 Building/structure dates: 1787- 1795 Initial Construction
Munhall Homesteads, Type "X-2", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cou...
See also HAER PA-447 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The bridge was built from 1919-24 and is the design of architect Benno Jan... More
Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cou...
See also HAER PA-447 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The bridge was built from 1919-24 and is the design of architect Benno Jan... More
U.S. Steel National Tube Works, Skelp Mill Building, Along Monongahela...
Survey number: HAER PA-380-B Building/structure dates: 1906 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh, Pitts...
See also HABS PA-604 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: This bridge, the second to be built near this site, wa... More
Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh, Pitts...
See also HABS PA-604 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: This bridge, the second to be built near this site, wa... More
Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...
Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More
Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...
Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More
Beulah Presbyterian Church, Beulah Road (State Route 130), Churchill, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-602 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
7211-7225 Meade Street (Houses), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Written data includes drawings. Significance: 3-story, multi family dwelling which contributes to the proposed North Point Breeze Historic District. The eliptical classical revival porches are an unusual and si... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Monongah...
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U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Monongah...
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Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), 600 & 700 blocks Libert...
Written data includes photocopies of maps & photographs. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-202 Survey number: HABS PA-5152 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1925 Initi... More
Fairacres, Blackburn Road, Sewickley Heights, Allegheny County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-607 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More
Kingsbacher's, 637 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The Kingsbacher Building is significant as the jewelry store for Kingsbacher Brothers, established in 1873, a company which leas... More
U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Mon...
Survey number: HAER PA-384-E Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1929 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Mon...
Survey number: HAER PA-384-E Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1929 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Mon...
Survey number: HAER PA-384-E Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1929 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, Storehouse, 5103 Delafiel...
Significance: Constructed in 1924, the Storehouse is associated with the Aspinwall Hospital complex, which was developed by the Veterans' Bureau (later the Veterans' Administration) as part of a nationwide expa... More
Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, 5103 Delafield Avenue (O'...
Significance: The VA Medical Center at Aspinwall, Pennsylvania is representative of the Veterans' Bureau's efforts to provide adequate health care facilities for veterans following World World I. During the 192... More
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, North & Allegheny Streets, Pitts...
Significance: Very small, more simple and subtle than other works of the period by H.H. Richardson, the church is nevertheless one of his finest later works in the Romanesque style. Survey number: HABS PA-426... More
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, North & Allegheny Streets, Pitts...
Significance: Very small, more simple and subtle than other works of the period by H.H. Richardson, the church is nevertheless one of his finest later works in the Romanesque style. Survey number: HABS PA-426... More
Benjamin A. Fahnestock House, 408 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HABS PA-45 Building/structure dates: after. 1835- before. 1840 Initial Construction
Croghan House, Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Croghan House, Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cabinet, window or door, furniture, interior architecture detail, doorway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, Smithfield & Carson Streets, Pittsburg...
Significance: The best preserved of the large Pittsburgh railway stations still extant. Survey number: HABS PA-1231 Building/structure dates: 1898-1901 Initial Construction
Cork Run Tunnel, Pittsburgh & Steubenville Railroad, from Chartiers Av...
Significance: The tunnel is one of 9 tunnels constructed on the original Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad and the only one that remains. The tunnel provided and important link between Pittsburgh and all poi... More
Structures on Old National Trail, Culvert, U.S. Route 40, Pittsburgh, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6645 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1208-1210-1212 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, P...
Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1208-1210-1212 Reddour Street is believed to be a substantially altered cluster of brick rowhouses which would originally have res... More
Penn & Liberty Avenues (Commercial Buildings), Arbuthnot Building, 719...
Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps & photographs. Significance: The Arbuthnot Building stands as a monument to the Arbuthnot-Stevenson Company, a wholesale dry-goods firm that ranked among the... More
Allegheny Lift Lock No. 4 & Weigh Lock, North shore of Allegheny River...
Significance: The Allegheny Locks were among the few canal-related structures surviving in Pittsburgh. The locks are near the western terminus of the Pennsylvania Canal which has been determined to be of natio... More
Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at South Twenty-second...
See also HABS PA-614 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The Brady Street Bridge, contracted by the Schultz Bridge & Iron Co. of Pittsburgh, was a steel-riveted, through-highway bridg... More
Sewickley Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Sewickley, Allegheny County, PA
Significance: The Bridge is representative of the type of bridge that was being built at the turn of the century. Also significant, because of the attention it had since its inception and resultant completion,... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Allegheny County Courthouse & Jail, 436 Grant Street (Courthouse), 420...
Significance: A prime example of noted architect Richardson's work in what would come to be known as the "Richardsonian Romanesque Style." The jail is particularly notable as an example of functionalism. Surv... More
Virginia Medical Center, Aspinwall Division, Infirmary Building, 5103 ...
Significance: The Infirmary Building is one of the original structures erected by the United States Veterans' Bureau at Aspinwall in 1924. It is significant for its associations with the Veterans' Bureau's nati... More
Loyal Order of Moose Building, 628-634 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegh...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Loyal Order of Moose Building, 628-634 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegh...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Loyal Order of Moose Building, 628-634 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegh...
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...
Significance: The Three Sisters Bridges represent an adaptive engineering design response to political and technical concerns. County engineers successfully maneuvered around federally-mandated clearances, aest... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More
U.S. Steel National Tube Works, Main Pipe Mill Building, Along Mononga...
Survey number: HAER PA-380-A Building/structure dates: 1906 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, P...
Significance: The Cincinnati is a "dipper dredge," particularly suited to the shallow, rocky conditions of American inland waterways. The dredge operated for 78 years on the Ohio River and its tributaries. Th... More
Stewart Company Grain Elevator, 16 West Carson Street, Pittsburgh, All...
Significance: The 1913 elevator replaced an earlier elevator on the same site and was the first concrete grain elevator in Pittsburgh. A rail siding connected the structure to the Panhandle Division of the Penn... More
Stewart Company Grain Elevator, 16 West Carson Street, Pittsburgh, All...
Significance: The 1913 elevator replaced an earlier elevator on the same site and was the first concrete grain elevator in Pittsburgh. A rail siding connected the structure to the Panhandle Division of the Penn... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, 48" Plate Mill, Along Monongahela River, H...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 99 through 101). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the n... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, 48" Plate Mill, Along Monongahela River, H...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 99 through 101). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the n... More
North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsbur...
See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The Manchester Bridge replaced the old wooden Union Bridge, the first bridge erected at the Point and demolished in 1907. B... More
U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Mononga...
See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 147 through 179). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the ... More
U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Fuel & Utilities Plant, Along Monongahela R...
See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 239 through 248). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More
U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Carriage House, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS PA-8-1-L
Houses along Monongahela River and Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
House on Monongahela River, which is used in three shifts as sleeping ...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The four freedoms. All out for defense is this Eastern steel mill. The...
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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...
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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...
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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...
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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...
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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This is a four-high hot rolling m...
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