Highland Park in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Henry Heth

of Winchester Va

— In Memory Of —

Henry Heth Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 11, 2021

1. Henry Heth Marker

Inscription.

Captain of a Virginia independent company for
service at Fort Pitt and on the frontier from
October 1777 to January 1782. Whose estate
covered 400 acres of land between this point
and East Liberty called Heth's Delight

Erected 1914 by Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1782.

Location. 40° 29.254′ N, 79° 55.16′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Highland Park. It is on Butler Street east of Baker Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the Heth's Run Bridge. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7338 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA 15206, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically

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in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Morningside Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Morningside VFW Post 3945 Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Negley Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Alexander Negley Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Flora (approx. 0.6 miles away); Highland Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mrs. Nathaniel B. Hogg (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.

Also see . . . Henry Heth at Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 16, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Henry Heth Bridge and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 11, 2021

2. Henry Heth Bridge and Marker

Looking east

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 823 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.