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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Adjacent to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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| | In July, unrest hit U.S. rail lines. Pennsylvania Railroad workers struck to resist wage and job cuts. Here, on July 21, militia fatally shot some 26 people. A battle followed; rail property was burned. The strike was finally broken by U.S. troops. — — Map (db m40906) HM |
| | Near this site in the 1850s Samuel Kier constructed a cast-iron distillation unit for refining crude oil. Kier's one-barrel still produced kerosene, a clean burning lamp fuel. Later, Kier built a five-barrel still and invented a lamp that minimized . . . — — Map (db m83951) HM |
| | Rev. John McMillan founded the first school west of the Alleghenies in 1780 · · · · — — Map (db m156286) HM |
| | Riverview United Presbyterian Church
Originally Watson Memorial Presbyterian Church
Allison & Allison, Architects, 1907 — — Map (db m67175) HM |
| | Publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, 1910-1940. He built it into a preeminent Black weekly, a strong voice for civil rights and economic empowerment. It had its headquarters here. Vann was special assistant to the United States . . . — — Map (db m40887) HM |
| | Roberto Clemente Bridge
Department of Public Works, Allegheny County, Engineers
1928 — — Map (db m40941) HM |
| | Roslyn Place Wood Block Paving
Installed 1914 — — Map (db m76368) HM |
| | Sacred Heart Church 1924-53
C. Strong, Kaiser, Neal, Reid — — Map (db m65139) HM |
| | In the Great Strike of 1877, a labor dispute between workers and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company set off a popular uprising. Militiamen were called in to put down the strike and clashed with disgruntled citizens. On the second day of the conflict, . . . — — Map (db m26213) HM |
| | Saint Boniface R.C. Church
1925-1926
A.F. Link, Architect — — Map (db m62739) HM |
| | Saint Nicholas R.C. Church
1900-1901
F.C. Sauer, Architect — — Map (db m60287) HM |
| | Saint Peter R.C. Church 1872-74
Andrew Peebles, Architect — — Map (db m58599) HM |
| | Historic Landmark
Saint Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church
Built 1891-1892 — — Map (db m62560) HM |
| | Pioneering research here at the University of Pittsburgh's Virus Research Laboratory from 1948 to 1955 produced the world's first polio vaccine. Led by Dr. Jonas Salk, researchers' innovations resulted in a breakthrough that was announced on April . . . — — Map (db m40907) HM |
| | Schenley Park
Founded 1889 — — Map (db m83073) HM |
| | Schenley Park Bridge over Boundary Street
Henry B. Rust, engineer
1897 — — Map (db m65141) HM |
| | Schenley Park Bridge
Over Panther Hollow
Henry B. Rust, engineer
1897 — — Map (db m65142) HM |
| | On July 21st 1877, the Philadelphia militia fired into a vocal crowd of striking Pennsylvania trainmen and sympathizers. Twenty people were killed, including at least three children. Many more were wounded. Following the attack, the militia . . . — — Map (db m26111) HM |
| | Seldom Seen Arch
1902
Boller & Hodge, engineers — — Map (db m133062) HM |
| | Seventh Street Bridge
Department of Public Works, Allegheny County, Engineers — — Map (db m47880) HM |
| | Built on lowlands here in 1792. Birth of the iron industry in the Pittsburgh region. It made stove and grate castings. Closed about a year later due to lack of ore and wood. — — Map (db m46529) HM |
| | Name of a Delaware Indian village that covered this site from about 1731 to the French occupation, 1754. It was the Allegheny River terminus of the Raystown Indian and Traders Path from Carlisle to the west. — — Map (db m40908) HM |
| | Born near Harrisburg, Girty crossed cultural boundaries between native and white societies. He was captured and adopted by Seneca Indians in 1756. Upon his release, he settled here with his family. He worked as an interpreter for the British and . . . — — Map (db m108791) HM |
| | Frances Warde and six companions from Carlow, Ireland, opened the first Mercy convent in the U.S. here. Founding date was December 21, 1843, and at once the sisters began to serve the city's poor, sick, and uneducated. From here, Mercy convents . . . — — Map (db m40904) HM |
| | Site of Bear Tavern 1827
Oyster House c.1871-1971 — — Map (db m67186) HM |
| | Erected 1826. Razed 1880.
Where August 5, 1863 to March 18, 1864, were incarcerated 118 officers of General John H. Morgan's cavalry, C.S.A. the only Confederate prisoners of war held in Pittsburgh who had surrendered near Lisbon, Ohio, July 26, . . . — — Map (db m130272) HM |
| | Sixteenth Street Bridge
H.G. Balcom, Engineer;
Warren and Wetmore, Architects — — Map (db m44875) HM |
| | The Smithfield Street Bridge is America's oldest steel truss bridge and an International Engineering Landmark, as well as on the National Register as a Historic Landmark.
Gustav Lindenthal, the "Dean of Bridge Engineers," designed the bridge in . . . — — Map (db m99448) HM |
| | (See Below) — — Map (db m73720) WM |
| | Louis & Michael Beezer Brothers, architects
John T. Comes, designer
1903 — — Map (db m64808) HM |
| | St. John the Baptist
Ukrainian Catholic Church
1895 — — Map (db m99333) HM |
| | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Bloomfield
Built 1886-87 — — Map (db m65144) HM |
| | In the late nineteenth century, Croatian immigrants fled economic hardship and settled in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh's North Side). The Croatian immigrants were predominantly peasants living in a region comprised of one faith, one nationality, . . . — — Map (db m84560) HM |
| | About 500 feet northeast of this site, St. Nicholas Church was located in an area that was once the heart of a large Croatian community called Mala Jaska.
Croatian immigrants began settling in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh's North Side) in the . . . — — Map (db m99624) HM |
| | The first Croatian Catholic parish in America was established in 1894. The 1901 church was a center for spiritual and social Croatian culture. Croatian immigrants fled religious, economic, and political oppression to pursue new lives in Pittsburgh. . . . — — Map (db m84528) HM |
| | St. Peter's Evangelical & Reformed Church
Built 1889 — — Map (db m65145) HM |
| | Founded here by brothers J.J. and Joseph Flannery in 1913, it was the first commercial producer of radium in the US. Radium production was the earliest nuclear industry. Discoverer Marie Curie visited the laboratory in 1921 and was presented with 1 . . . — — Map (db m127226) HM |
| | On July 20th, 1877, striking railroad workers in Pittsburgh successfully stopped trains from leaving the freight yard in the Strip District. The sheriff was called upon to clear the tracks by railroad officials, anxious to regain control of their . . . — — Map (db m26109) HM |
| | Television station, located here, opened April 1954, as first community-sponsored educational television station in America. In 1955 it was the first to telecast classes to elementary schools. — — Map (db m40913) HM |
| | The first steam boat built west of the Alleghenies, the "New Orleans" was launched Oct. 15, 1811, near this site at Suke's Run. Pittsburgh became a center for steamboat construction and a gateway for 19th-century westward expansion. — — Map (db m48357) HM |
| | America's beloved composer of folk songs and ballads was born nearby on July 4, 1826, and lived in the Pittsburgh area most of his life. After achieving fame in writing songs for Christy's Minstrels, he gradually declined in health and died in New . . . — — Map (db m40910) HM |
| | Tribute to Pittsburgh's beloved writer of songs and ballads, including “Oh Suzanna,” “Old Folks at Home,” and “My Old Kentucky Home.” Born in 1826 and died in 1864. — — Map (db m40912) HM |
| | As a young man, Stephen Foster lived opposite this site on Union
Avenue and, with his family, regularly enjoyed the park. Here he composed the music for his first published song, “Open Thy Lattice Love,” which
was dedicated to a . . . — — Map (db m76948) HM |
| | You are standing above the historic route of the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad—one of the most important railroad corridors in the country.
The Main Line, which first connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in 1852, is significant . . . — — Map (db m90280) HM |
| | This building, originally known as the Stanley Theater, was built in 1926-1927 by James Bly Clark as the Pittsburgh flagship of the Stanley-Clark Motion Picture Company. The architects were the Hoffman-Henon Company of Philadelphia, considered at . . . — — Map (db m74724) HM |
| | You are now standing in the Biergarten. Originally, this served as the area where horse-drawn carriages would drop off and pick up beer barrels. Look up at the windows and notice the remnants of iron hinges where shutters once hung, as well as . . . — — Map (db m123168) HM |
| |
The day after the fall of Fort Duquesne, General Forbes wrote in a letter to William Pitt:–
"I have used the freedom of giving your name to Fort Duquesne, as I hope it was in some measure the being actuated by your spirits . . . — — Map (db m156215) HM |
| | The Great Strike of 1877 was instigated by a ten percent cut in workmens wages on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—one cut of many since the panic of 1873. The industry at large had experienced significant wage cuts and lay offs. By 1877, . . . — — Map (db m26108) HM |
| | The Duquesne Club
Longfellow, Alden & Harlow;
Janssen & Cocken, Architects
Built 1889; 1902; 1930-1931 — — Map (db m74766) HM |
| | In 1877, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) was the largest corporation in the world. In that year the PRR, like railroads across the country, instituted massive lay-offs and wage cuts—reportedly due to declining profits. When workers on . . . — — Map (db m26104) HM |
| | Near this site the First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh organized in 1812 built its first sanctuary and worshipped therein. — — Map (db m156237) HM |
| | This tablet commemorates the First Holy Mass at Fort Duquesne, celebrated April 16th, 1754, by the Reverend Denys Baron, chaplain to the French forces in occupancy. — — Map (db m65608) HM |
| | This tablet commemorates the first visit of Abraham Lincoln who arrived at this point on February 14, 1861 remaining in Pittsburgh a few hours enroute to Washington for his inauguration. — — Map (db m40305) HM |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. — — Map (db m43571) HM |
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The Italian Renaissance-style Frick Art Museum was designed by Pittsburgh architects Pratt, Schafer & Slowik and opened in October 1970. The other buildings that now make up The Frick Pittsburgh (Clayton, the Car and Carriage Museum, the . . . — — Map (db m156183) HM |
| | Granite Building
Originally German National Bank
Charles Bickel & J.P. Brennan, architects
1889-90 — — Map (db m74767) HM |
| |
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m156238) HM |
| | The Highwood
1929-1930
R. Garey Dickson, Architect — — Map (db m65146) HM |
| | In Memory of her sons who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the War with Spain and the campaigns incident thereto, 1898-1902. This monument is erected by the County of Allegheny 1925.
Cuba, Porto Rico, China Relief . . . — — Map (db m99164) WM |
| | The Homewood Cemetery Incorporated 1878 — — Map (db m108031) HM |
| | At this exact location, one play changed the history of a storied franchise. The Immaculate Reception is a play that forever will be remembered as the turning point for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a moment that clinched the first playoff win in their . . . — — Map (db m64762) HM |
| | You are standing on what was once the parade ground of Fort Pitt, one of the largest military fortifications in 18th century North America. British and colonial American soldiers built this massive fort between 1759 and 1761 in order to control the . . . — — Map (db m43573) HM |
| | Before refrigeration became commonplace, breweries chilled, or "lagered" their beer in deep tunnel or caves. The entire hillside behind Penn Brewery is riddled with an extensive network of lagering caves. Refrigeration was not introduced at the site . . . — — Map (db m123174) HM |
| | This building marks the site of the hotel where Lafayette lodged from May 30 to June 1, 1825 on his tour as the nations guest. The tavern was known as the Mansion House and was removed about 1838. — — Map (db m106417) HM |
| | Between 1865 and 1880, the railroad system grew rapidly, tripling in size and connecting urban areas throughout the country. Generally unchecked, railroad tracks cut through the heart of cities, with little concern for the best interests of . . . — — Map (db m26110) HM |
| | In 1885, the Monongahela Connecting Railroad (MonCon) was chartered as a subsidiary of Jones & Laughlin's, Ltd. Rail lines were built on both the northern and southern sides of the river. At this time, the only connection between the plants was a . . . — — Map (db m94101) HM |
| | Signed here, on May 31, 1918, this document declared the intent of Czechs and Slovaks to form a new democratic nation in Europe, free from outside rule. Later that year, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, an author of the agreement, became the 1st president . . . — — Map (db m40902) HM |
| | This defining document of American Reform Judaism was signed by eighteen rabbis at the Concordia Club near here, November, 1885. The 8-point statement encouraged ecumenical dialogue, emphasized the progressive nature of Reform Judaism, and . . . — — Map (db m41047) HM |
| | Few cities have the visual drama of Pittsburgh, or so rich a collection of national memories. At the Pittsburgh Point two rivers converge: The Allegheny River flowing from the north and the Monongahela River from the south. These rivers drain the . . . — — Map (db m78366) HM |
| | The Site of
Fort Pitt
Built
1758 - 1761
Visited by
George Washington
1753 - 1758 - 1770
————————
This tablet placed by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
of Allegheny . . . — — Map (db m98829) HM |
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The banners seen above are the result of a unique collaboration between private commercial interests and the City of Pittsburgh to create a public art installation on a scale rarely seen. Large format banners convert the byas of a parking garage . . . — — Map (db m156269) HM |
| | Have you ever stopped to notice a manhole cover in Carnegie? Or wondered who made repair parts for train locomotives? Or tried to invent a pair of mechanized scissors? The Thomas Carlin's Sons Foundry did! They manufactured these items and many . . . — — Map (db m99531) HM |
| |
The three identical bridges spanning the Allegheny
River are the only known example of a triple set of bridges constructed side-by-side across a major river. They were built between 1926 and 1928 when the War Department ruled that bridges over . . . — — Map (db m74213) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m99147) HM |
| | Pittsburgh is an amalgamation of land and water and people. Art that attempts to mirror this city's spirit, if it hopes to succeed, must acknowledge and reflect the collaboration between landscape and memory. The city forged by these men and women . . . — — Map (db m152153) HM |
| | This building marks the site of the hotel where Lafayette lodged from May 30 to June 1, 1825 on his tour as the nation's guest. The tavern was known as the Mansion House and was removed about 1838 — — Map (db m156262) HM |
| | Firsts in the World from Pittsburgh. For two centuries Western Pennsylvania has been a cradle of invention in industry and technology in many fields, from medicine to manufacturing. The unique topography of hills and valleys required . . . — — Map (db m77026) HM |
| | Opened on July 16, 1970. Home to the Pirates, who won two World Series, and the Steelers, who won four Super Bowl Championships, creating Pittsburgh's "City of Champions" identity. It was the site of Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit, September 30, . . . — — Map (db m39908) HM |
| | Timber Court was built in 1880 as a lumber mill. Many of the houses constructed in Old Allegheny on the North Side of Pittsburgh used lumber milled at Timber Court.
In 1983, WTW Architects designed the transformation of Timber Court into an . . . — — Map (db m82415) HM |
| | This whole city block at one time held as many as 4,000 graves. An ancient Indian tumulus (burying ground) originally occupied part of the site and, subsequently, the French of Fort Duquesne (1754) and the British from Fort Pitt (1758), along with . . . — — Map (db m74735) HM |
| | Troy Hill Fire Station #39
Joseph Stillburg, architect
1901 — — Map (db m70995) HM |
| | Troy Hill Incline
This is the upper station of the first incline in Allegheny, completed in 1887 and out of service by 1898. The engineer was Samuel Diescher, a specialist in incline construction. The total length was 370 feet on a 47-percent . . . — — Map (db m70994) HM |
| | A pivotal moment in The Great Strike happened here, on July 21st, 1877. Striking railroad workers blocked the tracks, while their families and supporters looked on from the hillside. Militiamen were brought in from Philadelphia to clear the workers . . . — — Map (db m26112) HM |
| | Twenty-four residents of Allegheny County lost their lives by the sinking of Graham's Ferry near the site of this bridge on May 12, 1909.
August Wolf James Cotter Jr Albert E Graham Frank Neeld Emil Yehle Nicholas A Brucker Clarence . . . — — Map (db m138820) HM |
| | Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was at the forefront of the jazz world in the mid-20th century, and jazz greats Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, and George . . . — — Map (db m56705) HM |
| | Union Trust Co.-Lawyers Title Building
D.H. Burnham & Co., Architects, 1898 — — Map (db m67189) HM |
| | In the Grant Building here on June 17, 1936, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee was founded. Renamed in 1942, the USWA became one of the world's largest unions, embracing over a million workers. Philip Murray was its first . . . — — Map (db m43401) HM |
| | First institution of higher education west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River. Founded in 1787 as the Pittsburgh Academy, it became the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1819. Present name was adopted in 1908. — — Map (db m40914) HM |
| | On this site in 1787 stood a log schoolhouse
The first home of the
University of Pittsburgh
This plaque erected by the General Alumni Association of the University of Pittsburgh
June 10, 1957
And rededicated on the year of the University's . . . — — Map (db m74981) HM |
| | Commemorating the destruction of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Cuba February 15, 1898 and to the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of Allegheny County who participated in the Spanish American War of 1898-1899 which followed this disaster. . . . — — Map (db m41048) HM |
| | The Veterans of Foreign Wars organized September 14-17, 1914, at the former Schenley Hotel near here. Veterans who had served in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and China were among its founders. — — Map (db m40915) HM |
| |
Erected in honor of the men and women who served their country in the World Wars and in eternal memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Dedicated by
the American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 577.
May 30, 1948. . . . — — Map (db m156136) WM |
| | In honor of all parishioners who served in the Armed Services to preserve America's freedom — — Map (db m156180) WM |
| | This courtyard park is a lasting tribute dedicated to those who served with unselfish devotion the flag of our country which, under God, is the protector of all seekers of freedom. — — Map (db m156217) WM |
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Chartered by
Act of United States Congress
Organized
on September 14-17, 1914, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
by the Amalgamation of the Army of the Philippines, American Veterans of Foreign Service and the Army of the Philippines, Cuba and . . . — — Map (db m156211) HM |
| | Irish-born, educated in Europe as a cellist, Herbert conducted the Pittsburgh Orchestra here, 1898-1904. His compositions ranged from classical orchestral works to popular operettas including “Babes in Toyland” and “Naughty . . . — — Map (db m40916) HM |
| | The canopy covering the statues is taken from the shape of a Hibiscus Flower Pod an asiatic symbol of rebirth and regeneration, symbolizing the warrior's return to peace to begin the journey of healing the scars of war.
On the ceiling of the . . . — — Map (db m58626) HM |
| | This restored wall presents a section through a typical masonry rampart of Fort Pitt. Originally built of brick burned at the site and stone quarried in the area. The fort was a five-sided structure with a bastion at each corner and measured a . . . — — Map (db m99064) HM |
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Point State Park
Point state park, located at the confluence of three rivers, is at the tip of Pittsburghs “Golden Triangle”. It commemorates and preserves the strategic and historic heritage of the area during the French and . . . — — Map (db m149963) HM |
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Fountain
The Point State Park fountain opened in 1974 and immediately became a famous symbol of Pittsburgh's strength. The fountain's welcoming column of water soars high above Point State Park, highlighting the unique geographical . . . — — Map (db m156271) HM |
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