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The park began when the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed 151 acres (61 ha) south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion (which is now part of the Frick Art & Historical Center). He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund ($35.1 million today) for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on June 25, 1927.
The contributing site is Frick Park. This district also includes the separately listed Samuel Warden House and demolished Mount Pleasant Armory. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The Frick Pittsburgh is a cluster of museums and historical buildings located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and formed around the Frick family's nineteenth-century residence known as "Clayton". It focuses on the interpretation of the life and times of Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist and art collector.
The Fern Hollow Bridge is a bridge in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, that carries Forbes Avenue over a large ravine in Frick Park. The current bridge is the third on the site. The first Fern Hollow Bridge opened in 1901 as a steel deck arch, and was demolished in 1972 while the second bridge was being built.
Irregular pattern between Brighton and Arch Streets and between O'Hern and West Park; also roughly bounded by Armandale Street, Carrington Street, Charlick Way, Reddour Street, and West North Avenue 40°27′24″N 80°00′45″W / 40.456667°N 80.0125°W / 40.456667; -80.0125 ( Mexican War Streets Historic
Known as the Union Arcade, it featured 240 shops and galleries. The mansard roof is adorned with terra cotta dormers and two chapel-like mechanical towers. The interior is arranged about a central rotunda, capped by a stained glass dome.
Summerset at Frick Park is located along the Monongahela River on the eastern side of Pittsburgh. The brownfield site sits on the edge of Squirrel Hill and from the 1920s to the 1970s was used to dump slag, a by-product of the steelmaking process.
Henry Clay Frick portrait by Malvina Hoffman on the facade of the building. The Frick Fine Arts Building sits on the site of the former Schenley Park Casino, Pittsburgh's first multi-purpose arena with an indoor ice skating rink, sat on the location of the building before burning down in December 1896.