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Woodville, also known as the Neville House or John Neville House, is a house which is located on Washington Pike south of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. [5] It is significant for its association with John Neville, a tax collector whose other house was burned in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The oldest portion of the house dates to 1775, with a main ...
Hartwood Acres is a 629-acre (255 ha) county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Hartwood is considered the crown jewel of the county's 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) network of nine distinct parks. Purchased by the county in 1969, its special feature is one of the largest and most spectacular country estates in the region.
The house was added to the list of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2009. [1]The nomination materials for placement of the McCook Family Estate on the National Register of Historic Places were reviewed by Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Board on February 1, 2011, at 9:45 a.m. at the Labor and Industry Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The John F. Singer House is a house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, an east-side suburb of Pittsburgh. [1] [2] [3] It was built for John F. Singer, who was made wealthy during the American Civil War by supplying the Union Army with iron and steel.
Consequently, Vicary bought 604 acres (244 ha) of land near Economy, [3] where he platted a community called "St. Clair" and began to build a stone mansion in 1826. Vicary employed local builders to use locally mined sandstone to construct his house; [ 4 ] it was completed in 1829 at a cost of over $4,000.
The "orange concession stand with a brightly colored umbrella" is something of an unofficial Pittsburgh landmark during the summer months. A 20-acre Allis-Chalmers transformer factory provided as many as 2,600 jobs [2] to the area from 1897 until closing in the Summer of 1975. [3] [4]
[5] [19] The state of Pennsylvania's Department of Natural Resources also made a $2 million grant available for renovations to the entrance, entry road and parking facilities. [20] In 2007 the USFS restored the swimming pool.
901 Ridge Avenue (Allegheny West), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Coordinates 40°26′59″N 80°0′58″W / 40.44972°N 80.01611°W / 40.44972; -80