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1792 (September 6) Pittsburgh Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 1794 (April 22) Pittsburgh borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [105] 1816 (March 18) City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Mechanicsville Village Historic District, also known as Fenton's Corner, New-Work, and Halifax, is a national historic district that is located in Mechanicsville, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
Pittsburgh is the location of 182 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed separately, while the properties and districts elsewhere in the county, including 5 National Historic Landmarks, are listed here. Four properties are split between Pittsburgh and other parts of the county.
The neighborhood was conceived in the 1890s by developer Eugene O'Neill and were inspired by the urban design of Victorian England and Dublin. [2] The district was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on June 14, 2005. [1] During 1889 and 1890 twenty-six homes were built on Oakland Square, in the section known as Linden ...
Image credits: Disastrous-Brick3969 The working class made up about 70 to 80 percent of the population and got their income from wages, with families usually earning under £100 per year.
The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...
The Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.It is composed of multiple late eighteenth-century buildings which illustrate "Pittsburgh's emergence during that period as a preeminent industrial and business center," according to Hyman Myers, the former chair of the Pennsylvania Historic ...
Before bridges were constructed in the area, the only way to cross the river was by ferry. Currently, Pittsburgh, deemed the “City of Bridges”, has a number of historic bridges that cross the Monongahela River into South Side. The Monongahela Bridge (now known as the Smithfield Street Bridge) was designed in 1818 and built of wood and iron.