Downtown in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Forks of the Ohio Fort Pitt Blockhouse
— National Historic Landmark —
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, February 17, 2011
1. Fort Pitt Blockhouse Marker National Park Service
Inscription.
Forks of the Ohio Fort Pitt Blockhouse. . , (Right side of entrance) , Forks of the Ohio Fort Pitt Block House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
(Left side of entrance) , Historic Landmark Fort Pitt Block House Constructed in 1764 Only Surviving Structure of Fort Pitt Pittsburgh's Oldest Architectural Landmark
(Right side of entrance)
Forks of the Ohio
Fort Pitt Block House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
(Left side of entrance)
Historic Landmark
Fort Pitt Block House
Constructed in 1764
Only Surviving Structure of Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh's Oldest Architectural Landmark
Erected by (left) Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (right) National Park Service.
Location. 40° 26.468′ N, 80° 0.581′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Downtown. Marker can be reached from Three Rivers Heritage Trail System close to Interstate 279. Located in Point State Park. Mounted to gate pillars at entrance to block house. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsburgh PA 15222, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, February 17, 2011
2. Fort Pitt Blockhouse Marker
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, February 17, 2011
3. Fort Pitt Blockhouse
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, February 17, 2011
4. Fort Pitt Blockhouse Entrance
Photographed By Unknown, circa 1914
5. Bouquet's Redoubt/Blockhouse
Frontal exterior view of Fort Pitt Blockhouse
Notes:
A redoubt is a small, often temporary defensive fortification. Bouquet's redoubt is the last remaining redoubt of five built in 1764 and is one of the last vestiges of 18th century buildings in Pittsburgh.
Courtesy: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Photographed By Unknown
6. Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 1901
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016
7. Not Dedicated
Property of
Fort Pitt Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Allegheny county, PA.
1966
This oddly worded plaque in the sidewalk in front of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse indicates that the blockhouse does not belong to Point State Park but to the Fort Pitt Society of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the DAR. There are 4 of them, marking the corners of the DAR property.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016
8. A*D* 1764~ Coll ~ Bouquet
Plaque above the door of the blockhouse
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016
9. Royal Seal on the door of the Blockhouse
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Shame on whosoever would think badly of it,"
Internet Archive
10. The Blockhouse Used as a Dwelling
Around 1795 the Blockhouse was incorporated into a dwelling house and remained so until 1894 when the property came to the DAR as a gift from Mary Schenley, "Pittsburgh's Fairy Godmother." Before the blockhouse became DAR property, the "Coll. Bouquet, 1764" plaque (visible in this image) was removed and installed in the wall of the staircase of City Hall. The DAR successfully petitioned the Council for the return of the plaque to its current location.
Image from Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, 1899 by the Pittsburgh DAR.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016
11. DAR Emblem on the Blockhouse Fence PPG Building Behind
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,313 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 17, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on April 29, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 6. submitted on April 1, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 7, 8, 9. submitted on October 23, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 10, 11. submitted on November 1, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.