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The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse [6] or Bouquet's Redoubt [7]) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh.It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, [8] as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".
Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers , where the Ohio River is formed.
In this rebuilt section, the Fort Pitt Museum is housed in the Monongahela Bastion, and excavated portions of the fort were filled in. A redoubt, a small brick outbuilding called the Blockhouse, survives in Point State Park as the sole remnant of Fort Pitt. Erected in 1764, it is believed to be the oldest building still standing in Pittsburgh.
John P. Conn House: John P. Conn House: July 28, 1988 : 84 Ben Lomond Street: Uniontown: Well-preserved 1906 Colonial revival home, dating to the age of the "coal barons." 14: Connellsville Armory: Connellsville Armory: November 14, 1991
Fort Pitt Blockhouse [4] 1764 Point State Park: Downtown 2008 Fort Pitt Boulevard: Between 1850 and 1890 [5] between Wood and Market Streets ("Firstside") Downtown 1992 Fort Pitt Elementary School: 1905; 1910 Charles M. Bartberger (1905); Edward M. Bartberger (1910) 5101 Hillcrest Street Garfield 2002
Fort Pitt: May 8, 1959: Point State Park, main entrance Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh (MISSING) City Forts, French & Indian War, Military Fort Pitt Blockhouse: May 8, 1959: Point State Park, main entrance Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh (MISSING) City Forts, French & Indian War, Military Fort Prince George: May 8, 1959
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
Fort Pitt Blockhouse: Pittsburgh: 1764 Defense Oldest structure in Pittsburgh and one of the oldest colonial structures west of the Allegheny Mountains: Harris Cameron Mansion: Harrisburg: 1765 House Chichester Friends Meetinghouse: Upper Chichester Township: 1769 Religious Quaker meeting house first built in 1688; rebuilt after a fire in 1769 ...