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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Adjacent to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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E.V. Babcock - The Father of Allegheny County Parks
We have E.V. Babcock to thank for starting Allegheny County's remarkable park system. Edward Vose Babcock (1864-1948) was born and raised on a farm near Fulton, New York. He . . . — — Map (db m114185) HM |
| | Below this bridge was the first lock and dam built (1878-1885) on the Ohio River. This was the world's largest movable dam yet constructed, and included the world's first rolling lock gate and widest lock chamber. Built and operated by the United . . . — — Map (db m40201) HM |
| | Greenstone United Methodist Church
1906 — — Map (db m97624) HM |
| | Mount Assisi
1927
Edward J. Weber, architect — — Map (db m81964) HM |
| | The Dickson Log House is a well-preserved example of a late 18th-century log dwelling. It represents a common structure on the frontier of Pennsylvania in the 1790s, and is one of only a few such buildings preserved in the area north of the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m60570) HM |
| | Founded 1776, in the Old Stone Manse in South Park, by Reverend John McMillan, pioneer minister and educator. It is the mother of five nearby churches and has given its name to the community. In the cemetery, 14 Revolutionary War soldiers from this . . . — — Map (db m122311) HM |
| | Braddock Carnegie
Library
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
In commemorating the history of the
United States of America
Built in 1888-1889 and dedicated March 30, 1889, . . . — — Map (db m99024) HM |
| | was located near this tablet.
Here General Braddock was refreshed
and the wounds bathed that he received
in the Battle of Braddock's Defeat.
July, 9, 1755,
From these injuries he died
July 13, 1755
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Erected 1917. . . . — — Map (db m98945) HM |
| | ASM International
The Materials Information Society
Has Designated
Edgar Thomson Plant
U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works
An Historical Landmark
“Built in 1873 by Andrew Carnegie, the Edgar Thomson Plant pioneered numerous technological . . . — — Map (db m99443) HM |
| | Joe was of eastern European stock and worked in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. His physical power and his courageous, giving and industrious character made Joe the greatest steelworker who ever lived.
In fact, Joe was made of steel, born in an . . . — — Map (db m98943) HM |
| | In the largest work stoppage to that date, over 350,000 U.S. workers went off the job. Reverend Adalbert Kazincy, pastor of Saint Michael's here, championed the strikers and provided the church as a meeting place. The strike failed after 15 weeks. — — Map (db m47044) HM |
| | Site of General John Neville's mansion, burned to the ground by insurgents during a major escalation of violence in the Whiskey Rebellion, July 16-17, 1794. General Neville was Inspector of Revenue under President Washington. In the two-day battle, . . . — — Map (db m40393) HM |
| | The "Flying Dutchman" was hailed as baseball's greatest shortstop and one of its finest all-around players. A lifelong Carnegie resident, born to German immigrants. Played for Louisville Colonels, 1897-1899, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from . . . — — Map (db m40682) HM |
| | This historic chapel, a landmark in the Pittsburgh area since 1837, is the third building occupied by the congregation of the Beulah Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1784. Preceeded by two log buildings, the chapel is built of bricks made . . . — — Map (db m122316) HM |
| | Near this site stood Fort Vance, a settlers fort built during the French and Indian War era by Revolutionary War Captain Robert Vance. Robert Vance was a member of the Virginia Regiment of the Colonial Army, under the command of George Washington, . . . — — Map (db m93567) HM |
| | Near the corner of Second Avenue and Chestnut Street there was erected, about 1776, by Captain Robert Vance of Virginia.
Pioneer settler on this site, a stockade known as Montour Bottoms or Vance Fort
This stockade was manned by Washington . . . — — Map (db m60831) HM |
| | Prominent Western Pennsylvania civic and sports leader and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1933-1988. With his guidance the Steelers won four 1970s Super Bowls. An accomplished athlete, Rooney was influential in the National Football League and . . . — — Map (db m49472) HM |
| | On this site was located the isolation hospital erected in 1777 by General Edward Hand to care for troops at Fort Pitt. Blockhouses protected the original two-story log structure. — — Map (db m40394) HM |
| | Gateway to the West and steel center of the world. Named for William Pitt by General Forbes after the fall of French Fort Duquesne in 1758. Laid out as a town by John Campbell in 1764. Incorporated as a city, 1816. — — Map (db m40396) HM |
| | Founder Peter Shouse, built "Kentuckian" its first steamboat in 1829. Sold 1837 to E.and N. Porter. By 1866 over 80 steamboats had been launched. The last was the 1727-ton "Great Republic", famed on the Mississippi River for its size and elegance. — — Map (db m40223) HM |
| | Borough of Dormont Pool
1920 — — Map (db m72864) HM |
| | Below this hill, about midday on July 9, 1755, a British army of 1300 made its second crossing of the river and advanced to drive the French from Fort Duquesne. A few hours later, with General Braddock mortally wounded and his army routed, survivors . . . — — Map (db m6145) HM |
| | Plant here began in 1886. Acquired by Andrew Carnegie in 1890, then by United States Steel in 1901. Workers here implemented advances in rolling mill and blast furnace processes before 1914; in pollution control, 1953. At peak of operations they . . . — — Map (db m45001) HM |
| | Inventor of air brake and some 400 other devices. Developed AC transmission of electric current. Spent creative years in Pittsburgh and founded the industry which bears his name. — — Map (db m40648) HM |
| | Composer of "Narcissus," "The Rosary," and other well-known musical works, was born November 25, 1862, at Vineacre, a property adjoining the far end of this street. Died February 17, 1901, at New Haven, Connecticut. — — Map (db m39943) HM |
| | Shields Presbyterian Church
J.W. Kerr, Architect
1868-69 — — Map (db m78419) HM |
| | Here were the boatyards of John and Samuel Walker, a major center for building boats for western waters. A ship launched in 1793 at these yards reached Philadelphia via New Orleans. — — Map (db m41772) HM |
| | This pioneer settler of Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam aboard the ship Mortonhouse in 1729. He and his wife Mary lived for a time near Hagerstown, Maryland and after the Braddock and Forbes . . . — — Map (db m63078) HM |
| | One of the nation's earliest and most successful river navigation systems, its series of locks and dams, begun in 1838, has provided year-round navigation between Pittsburgh and Fairmont, West Virginia. Millions of tons of coal shipped through the . . . — — Map (db m56942) HM |
| | Dedicated as a lasting tribute to those who with unselfish devotion served the flag of our country which under God is the protector of all seekers of freedom. — — Map (db m140183) WM |
| | A son, a brother, a young man from Emsworth, but most of all a hero who gave his life in the protection of those he left behind.
God bless you Patrick and SEMPER FIDELIS. — — Map (db m140165) WM |
| | All Saints Church
John Theodore Comes, architect
1914 — — Map (db m82015) HM |
| | On this site in 1923, Westinghouse opened a special radio facility to experiment with long-distance transmissions. Led by Frank Conrad, engineers here demonstrated the vital role of high-frequency short waves in sending broadcasts around the world. — — Map (db m40901) HM |
| | Gateway to the West and steel center of the world. Named for William Pitt by General Forbes after the fall of French Fort Duquesne in 1758. Laid out as a town by John Campbell in 1764. Incorporated as a city, 1816. — — Map (db m75099) HM |
| | The worlds 1st industrial Van de Graaff generator was created by Westinghouse Research Labs in 1937 as an early experiment with atomic energy. The 5-story pear-shaped structure is located here. The company remained active in establishing US . . . — — Map (db m47038) HM |
| | United States Army officer; he rose to the rank of general, 1951. In World War II, commanded the 82nd Airborne Division (famed for its invasion of Sicily), 1942-44; and 18th Airborne Corps, 1944-45. Supreme commander, United Nations forces in Korea, . . . — — Map (db m47552) WM |
| | Richland Historical Marker
Butler Short Line electric street car passed this spot as it ran between Pittsburgh and Butler carrying passengers and freight from May first, 1907 until April twenty-second, 1931. — — Map (db m55312) HM |
| | Butler Short Line electric streetcar passed this spot as it ran between Pittsburgh and Butler carrying passengers and freight from May 1st, 1907 until April 22nd, 1931. — — Map (db m61017) HM |
| |
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Era — — Map (db m92479) WM |
| | 'Place of Beginning' at which the county survey commenced junction of Flaugherty Run and Ohio River created from Washington and Westmoreland counties. Approved by the General Assembly Sept. 24, 1788
Dedicated Sept. 24, 1988. — — Map (db m80705) HM |
| | Dedicated in memory of the following people who are buried within the gates of this cemetery
Ross Carter Rosie Cotter
Margaret Cotter
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Matilda Eberly Isabela Eberly
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John Harris Joseph M. Harris
Margaret C. . . . — — Map (db m80709) HM |
| | Opened in 1948, this former Pittsburgh Racing Association racetrack was the site of the 1956 final performance of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus under the Big Top. Rising railroad costs, changing technology, labor troubles, space . . . — — Map (db m57519) HM |
| | Known as Woodville. Built 1785 by General John Neville; later occupied by his son, Colonel Presley Neville. Refuge of General Neville's family when some Whiskey Rebels burned his home at Bower Hill, July 17, 1794. — — Map (db m40979) HM |
| | Oldest Episcopal Church in southwestern Pennsylvania, founded after the French and Indian War by veteran Major William Lea on his land grant. Francis Reno was the first vicar. Church members included General John Neville, the unpopular tax collector . . . — — Map (db m40978) HM |
| | Erected by the members of the Steel Worker Organizing Committee Local Unions in memory of the iron and steel workers who were killed in Homestead, PA., on July 6, 1892, while striking against the Carnegie Steel Company in defense of their American . . . — — Map (db m156112) HM |
| | Completed, early 1892. Through that summer, it was headquarters for the strike committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Telegraph lines installed here transmitted the news from journalists who were covering the Homestead . . . — — Map (db m44871) HM |
| | This building possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
This was the headquarters of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers at the time of the Homestead Strike. It is one of the . . . — — Map (db m44873) HM |
| | Carnegie Library
of Homestead
Alden and Harlow, Architects
1896-98 — — Map (db m44874) HM |
| | Carnegie Library opened here 1898. Host to athletic club that included world-renowned swimmers. Coached by Jack Scarry, Olympic medal winners were Susan Laird and Jo McKim, 1928, and Lenore Kight Wingard, 1932 and 1936. Anna Mae Gorman competed in . . . — — Map (db m44870) HM |
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Standing at the foot of the Homestead Grays Bridge, Chiodo's Tavern embodied the spirit of Homestead and the Steel Valley. Originally the Trautman Hotel, the building housed a restaurant and bar for over 105 continuous years.
The longest . . . — — Map (db m156111) HM |
| | United States Secretary of Labor, 1933-1945. Visited Homestead July 1933 to discuss New Deal policy. Local authorities barred her from meeting with aggrieved steelworkers in nearby Frick Park. Undeterred, she moved the assembly to federal property . . . — — Map (db m44867) HM |
| | On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Company, 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here; strikers and citizens repulsed them. Seven workers and three Pinkertons were killed. 8,000 state militia arrived July 12; by . . . — — Map (db m39901) HM |
| | Labor leader, workers' advocate. Arrested and jailed in Homestead for speaking to striking steelworkers, 1919. When a judge asked who gave her a permit to speak publicly, she replied, "Patrick Henry. Thomas Jefferson. John Adams!" — — Map (db m44869) HM |
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This ingot buggy holding two ingot molds stands as a symbol of the massive Homestead Steel Works—the mill that dominated the landscape and economy of this area from the completion in 1881 until it shut down in 1986.
After steel was . . . — — Map (db m156115) HM |
| | For over a century, the massive Homestead Steel Works defined the Pittsburgh Region as the steelmaking capital of the world. Opened in 1881 by a handful of industrialists eager to take part in the industrial boom, the Homestead Works flourished . . . — — Map (db m116239) HM |
| | Legendary baseball team that dominated the Negro Baseball Leagues during the first half of the 20th century. Founded by steelworkers in 1900, the Grays inspired African Americans locally and across the nation. Led by Cumberland Posey Jr., they won . . . — — Map (db m40890) HM |
| | Dedicated to the patriots of the Homestead District who served in the World War 1917 - 1919 — — Map (db m156113) WM |
| |
In honor of the fighting
men of World War II
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 373
Homestead PA
Incorporated March 28, 1920
Dedicated Memorial Day 2002
— — Map (db m156114) HM WM |
| | Founded here in 1917 at Sunny Hill, the former home of David and Margaret Watson, it began as a residential school for disabled children. In 1952, Dr. Jonas Salk, assisted by medical director Dr. Jessie Wright, began the first human testing of his . . . — — Map (db m129888) HM |
| | To the men and women of Leetsdale who helped preserve the freedoms of humanity for all ages to come. — — Map (db m63501) WM |
| | On July 14, unskilled immigrant workers led a strike against the Pressed Steel Car Company. Strain among the strikers, replacement laborers, and state police erupted into a riot on August 22. Eleven men were killed near this footbridge. Strikers . . . — — Map (db m40873) HM |
| | Largest Native American burial mound in Western Pennsylvania (16 feet high & 85 feet wide). It was hand-built by the Adena people between 200 BC and 100 AD and later used by the Hopewell people. Late 19th century excavations uncovered 33 skeletons . . . — — Map (db m40899) HM |
| | The noted jurist lived here. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, 1952-68. A presiding judge for the War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg, 1947-1948. State legislator, 1929-31. Veteran of two World Wars. Author of 16 books. Buried in Arlington National . . . — — Map (db m40900) HM |
| | Pressed Steel Car Company provided worker housing at substantial cost to employees, keeping them in constant debt. During the 1909 McKees Rocks strike against the company, immigrant workers were evicted from their homes. The evictions led to the . . . — — Map (db m40905) HM |
| | St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
1922
Carlton Strong, architect — — Map (db m82111) HM |
| | At this site on October Twentieth, 1770, George Washington dined at the home of Alexander McKee. — — Map (db m87212) HM |
| | From whom McKeesport derives its name, first permanent white settler at the forks of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers in 1755. The Colonial Government granted to him exclusive right of ferrage over these rivers April 3, 1769, called . . . — — Map (db m29962) HM |
| | In 1934 this McKeesport native became the 1st woman to pilot a commercial airliner. Discriminated against because she was a woman, she resigned within a year and went on to become the 1st woman licensed instructor by the Civil Aeronautics Authority; . . . — — Map (db m47040) HM |
| | On April 21, 1947, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debated the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act at the Penn-McKee Hotel. The first debate between the two House Labor Committee members was a precursor to the iconic Kennedy-Nixon . . . — — Map (db m54922) HM |
| | Incorporated 1869, the works began production here, 1872. By 1901, when it became a subsidiary of United States Steel, this was the world's largest pipe producer. Major advances in inspection techniques originated here. Plant operations ceased in . . . — — Map (db m47041) HM |
| | An influential leader of the Seneca Nation in this area and ally of the British during the time of the French & Indian War. Encamped near here when George Washington paid respects to her, 1753. Died, 1754; according to legend, buried nearby. — — Map (db m47042) HM |
| | St. Nicholas Croatian Church
1900, Frederick Sauer, Architect
Murals 1937, Maxo Vanka — — Map (db m82018) HM |
| | The last base of General Forbes' army. After crossing nearly “two hundred miles of wild and unknown country,” the army entered Fort Duquesne on November 25, 1758. — — Map (db m40883) HM |
| | Inspired by the good turn of an English Scout, he brought the Scouting movement to the United States. His efforts led to the incorporation of Boy Scouts of America in Washington, D.C., on February 8, 1910, and to its chartering by Congress on June . . . — — Map (db m40917) HM |
| |
Hyeholde
William Kryskill, designer
1931-38; 1952 — — Map (db m94365) HM |
| | A militia captain during the American Revolution and civic leader in the early republic, Meeks was a petitioner to create Allegheny County in 1787. While making his living as a farmer, he took up arms to defend western Pa. during conflict and war. . . . — — Map (db m40221) HM |
| | September 11, 2011
The Tenth Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks on the United States of America
The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company and the Township of Moon
Dedicate this memorial in memory of the 2,752 persons who lost their lives . . . — — Map (db m130046) WM |
| | Designed and built in 1943 by the federal government as defense worker housing. Mooncrest residents produced armor plate, munitions, and ships at the nearby Dravo Corporation during World War II. Operated by U.S. Air Force after 1945; homes sold to . . . — — Map (db m40222) HM |
| | Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building
William H. King, Jr., Architect
1928-30 — — Map (db m72863) HM |
| | Saint Bernard Church
1933-47
William Richard Perry, Architects — — Map (db m72865) HM |
| | Southminster Presbyterian Church
Originally Mount Lebanon Presbyterian Church
Thomas Pringle, Architect
1927-1928 — — Map (db m72866) HM |
| | In these two adjoining cemeteries are buried six of the seven Carnegie Steel Company workers killed during the “Battle of Homestead” on July 6, 1892. The graves of Peter Ferris, Henry Striegel, and Thomas Weldon are here in Saint Mary's . . . — — Map (db m40891) HM |
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Originally St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church
Titus de Bobula, architect
1903 — — Map (db m156106) HM |
| | To those who served — — Map (db m156109) WM |
| |
Erected by
the citizens of the
Borough of Munhall
to the memory
of her patriots in
the Great World War
1917 - 1919
In special commemoration
to those who made
the Supreme Sacrifice
this tablet is dedicated.
★ . . . — — Map (db m156094) WM |
| | Honor Roll
Erected as a lasting tribute to the men of
the community of Victory
who served their country in World Wars I and II — — Map (db m160339) WM |
| | The Burtner House
Built 1821 — — Map (db m74890) HM |
| | During World War II, Dravo's shipyard here was a leader in the manufacture of Landing Ship Tanks--LSTs--for the United States Navy. Dravo's over 16,000 workers produced a total of 145 LSTs. This and four other inland yards, all using techniques . . . — — Map (db m40280) HM |
| | July 9, 1755, General Braddock's British forces en route to capture Fort Duquesne were ambushed and routed by French and Indians within present limits of Braddock and North Braddock, forcing retreat and failure of the expedition. — — Map (db m59177) HM |
| | Known as the high tide of the Whiskey Rebellion, the rendezvous of militias from Pennsylvania's four western counties took place here, August 1-2, 1794. This was the largest armed resistance to the national government between the Revolutionary and . . . — — Map (db m59178) HM |
| | Dedicated July 9, 1930 to Colonel George Washington, who served as aide-de-camp to General Edward Braddock in the Battle of Braddocks Field around this site July 9, 1755 — — Map (db m58973) HM |
| | Walker-Ewing Log House
Built c. 1795 — — Map (db m70113) HM |
| | 15th U.S. Engineers. World War Volunteers. Enlisted at Pittsburgh. Trained here May 23, 1917 to July 8, 1917. Embarked from New York July 9, 1917. England July 19, 1917, to July 23, 1917. First Armed foreign troops to land in England since Sixteenth . . . — — Map (db m137) HM |
| | Oakmont Carnegie Library
Built 1901
Alden & Harlow, Architects — — Map (db m72331) HM |
| | Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan,
EOD Special Forces, 767th Ordnance Company,
192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group,
20th Support Command,
U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Member
82nd Airborne Division
Combat . . . — — Map (db m85811) WM |
| | MEMORIAL
This memorial is dedicated in sincere tribute to the living and dead whose valiant efforts and unselfish sacrifices have made America great.
God grant that the liberty of humanity, won only by brave souls and vigilantly guarded shall . . . — — Map (db m63783) WM |
| | Bouquet Camp, supply base in the Forbes' campaign against the French holding Fort Duquesne in 1758, was near here. Named in honor of Colonel Bouquet, second-in-command and builder of Forbes Road. — — Map (db m40879) HM |
| | The Bouquet Encampment was located three miles east of this place which marks the farthest Northern point of the Forbes Road which leads Westward to Fort Duquesne
97 miles from Bedford — — Map (db m40884) HM |
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Frick Park, like nature itself, is an ongoing creation of human design and natural process. Long before Helen Clay Frick thought of making a park, this landscape bore signs of human use. Native American trails, pioneer gristmills, Civil War . . . — — Map (db m156173) HM |
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This two-part sculpture recognizes the significant contributions of Pittsburgh and to American labor history by a symbolic representation of labor's role in our nation's development. The human figures populating the facades are engaged in this . . . — — Map (db m156087) HM |
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