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Published for the members of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation No. 125 September 1992

Historic Thornburg:Variøtions on a Theme

The Preservation Fund Since 1985

Remodelings and Purity:A Few Passing Remarks

Pittsburgh Architecture:A s s o ciøtiv e Ar chit e cture

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To Be ClosedAt the end of July a fear wasconfirmed: the Church of St.Michael the Archangel on theSouth Side Slopes is to be closedby late October, and a time maybe coming when its gauntlybeautiful tower will cease toexist. A new parish, Prince ofPeace, will determine whetherthe church and its rectorv will

be sold, but sale is surely the expedient course - whenand how would it be used again? - and the roof struc-ture is said to be weakening.

But this is a building - a group of six buildings, infact - that seems to call for extraordinary efforts ofpreservation. Its hillside location, presenting diffrcultiesofaccess and parking, may perhaps have been onereason for the closing, but it has also given the St.Michael's group a dramatic and conspicuous setting.People think of Europe when they see St. Michael's upon the hillside among the little houses, see the copperspire against the trees. The church, dedicated in 1861,may be the oldest functioning church in the city. Itsspare mid-Victorian Romanesque architecture is sim-plg handsome, and lucid. Its tower is a true landmark,a familiar and prominent presence on the South Sideover seven generations. And the church and its build- 'ings, along narrow Pius Street, is one of the mostvisually effective architectural groups in Pittsburgh.

According to a news release of July 27 fromfheDiocese of Pittsburgh, ll new parishes are to be estab-lished as part of "first phase reorganization/revitaliza-tion," these parishes typically having a number of"worship sites," i.e., church buildings. One result isthat, of 63 parishes that submitted reorganizationplans, 14 will have their churches closed. On the SouthSide, St. Michael the-Archangel, St. Casimiç and St.John the Evangelist are to close, leaving four "worshipsites" in the new Prince of Peace parish.

Another church of great architectural merit, St.Mary Magdalene in Homestead, has been under threatbut may stay open if the parish can pay certain debts.This church, built in the 1890s to a Frederick Sauerdesign and remodeled, much for the better, by LamontButton in the 1930s, would also be a sad loss. Hope-fully the parish can meet the conditions under which itcan remain.

Of the 14 churches to be closed by the Diocese, onlytwo have Historic Landmark plaques while severalbearing our plaques have been considered and spared.

Aboue: thc itterinr of St. Michael\. Righr: thcformnr Sístersof St. Francis corwent and St. Michael's Orphøn Asylum at St.Michael's.

St. Michael's is one of those to be closed; the other isSaints Peter and Paul in East Liberty, a tall stone build-ing of 1890 cônstructed originally for a German con-gregation. Its twin spires are landmarks, too, in theirpart of East Liberty. It seemed at first that the parishwould survive, but in fact it is to terminate at the endof October.

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Welcome [\ew Members 20 Years of Memhership SupportThe Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foun-dation welcomes the following new memberswho recently joined Landmarks. We lookforward to their participation in our workand attendance at our special events.

Mr. & Mrs. William BarnesMs. Eleano¡ J. BeresMs. Nancy BohrMs. Lisa BontempoEdwa¡d B. BrandtChristopher D. CarrRobert ChaseBerna¡d L. CohenMary M. Colburn, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Funtal & FamilyMr. & Mrs. Joseph Funtal & FamilyMs. Margaret F. GallaDaniel G¡ieco, Jr., PE.Ms. Margaret W. HendrixMr & Mrs. Robert L. JohnsonVagel KellerMs. Karen KuklinskiMr. & Mrs. Frank Kyes & FamilyMs. Sally L Lagerbasch & FamìlyM¡. & Mrs. William Markus & FamilyMs. Velma R. Martine¡Ms. Martha S. MartinezMr. & Mrs. F.C. McDonaldMs. Deborah MitchellMon Valley TravelMs. Bette MuchaM¡. & M¡s. John Muir & FamilyMs. Rosemarie NellisMs. G¡etchen O'HagenSt. Anthony's ChapelMs. Linda ScottDon A. SmithMs. M. Virginia SwisherMs. Jean TorreyRichard M. VoelkerEric V. WeimerskirchBill WoodsMs. Betty Lou Yount

Corporaæ MembercThe Pittsburgh History & LancimarksFoundation welcomes the followingCorporate Members:

BenefactorsEarth Sciences Consultants, Inc.Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.

PatronsArmstrong Group of CompaniesBeckwith Machinery CompanyCoopers & LybrandFerry Electric Company

PartnersAllied Security, Inc.Bell ofPennsylvaniaKirkpatrick & LockhartPort Authority of Allegheny CountyRennekamp Lumber CompanyWestin William Penn Hotel

cifßThe Pittsburgh History & LandmarksFoundation wishes to thank Anthony T.Rosenberger for 17 photographs fromthe 1930s of the A.M. Byers & Co.plant, Ambridge, in operation.

CorrectinnOn page l0 of the July PHLF Newr, weinaccurately listed one ofthe conferenceparticipants and businesses. In fact,Thomas E. Auel attended the ReligiousProperties Conference on May 16. He isa manufacturer's representative whosecompany is ARCON Specialties Com-pany, specialists in masonry restoration.ARCON has helped restore StationSquare, the Union Trust Building, thelobbies of the Frick and Oliver build-ings, the Hornbostel campus al Car-negie Mellon University, St. PaulCathedral, and more than 52 churcheslocated in Ohio, West Virginia, Mary-land, and Pennsylvania.

PHLF News is published sîx times each yecu forthe members of the Pittsburgh History &Landmarks Foundation. It is supported throughmembership dollars, proceeds from Station Square,and adver lising revenue.

LouiseSturgess .......EditorEric F. Dickerson . . . . .Advertising Sales ManagerGreg Pytlik . Designer

The s.trength of a non-profit organization lies in its membership. At Lqndmarks, we are fortunate to have many memberswho have loyally supported our ffirts in hisloric preservation for 20 years or more. Thß ß an admirable recoid of service,We greatly appreciate the fqithful support and continuing parÍicipation of the following people;

Mr. & Mrs. Ma¡cus L. Aaron& Family

Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Aaron IIM¡s. H.O. AllenMs. Susan AllenMr. & Mrs. Jerome Apt, Jr.Mrs. WH. ArcherMr. & Mrs. Cha¡les Cove¡t

ArensbergMs. Alma V. ArmstrongMr. & Mrs. D.J. ArmslrongMrs. Henry H. Armstrong

& FamilyArnheim & Neely, Inc.Mrs. Julius AshkinM¡s. Sa¡ah S. AustenMrs. F.J. AutenreithFred C. BabcockMr. & Mrs. James B. Bachman

& FamilyMs. Bertha M. Bailey & FamilyMr & Mrs. Alfred R. BarbourMiss Margaret A. BarbourMrs. Chester BeallMr. & Mrs. George N. Beckwith III

& FamilyWilliam BehrendMrs. James A. Bell

, Mrs. Jeanne B. Berdik' Mr. & Mrs. Allen H. BerkmanMs. Gloria BernsonThe Bibro FamilyRobert BlackhamMrs. H.L. BlairMr. & Mrs. WJ. Blenko, JrMr. & Mrs. William BiockMr. & Mrs. Thomas Boak, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. BoeselMrs. William W. BoothDr. & Mrs. M.D. Bosse & FamìlyMr. & Mrs. H.G. Botset & FamilyMrs. Charles M. BoucekMr & M¡s. G.M. BowerWilliam Boyd, Jr. & FamilyMs. Elizabeth R. BradleyMrs. Ralnnond F. BrittainJ. Judson BrooksM¡. & Mrs. Fitzhugh BrownMs. Ann S. BrownleeMr. & Mrs. David A. BrownleeMrs. William Hodge BurchfieldMr. & M¡s. R.L. BurttMrs. John R. CharlesDr. & Mrs. E.J. Chamy & FamilyMr. & Mrs. Clinton L. Childs, Jr.Mrs. J. Mabon ChildsMrs. James H. Childs, Jr.D¡. & Mrs. J.E. Clever & FamilyJohn I. ClintonMr. & Mrs. Eugene S. CohenMrs. Harold M. CohenMs. E. Jane ColbornMrs. James F. ComptonMs. Harriet E. ConleyMs. Jane ConleyBeekman W. CottrellMs. Martha Ellen CoxMs. Barbara Frank DaneDonald E. DavisMs. Jean H. DavisMr. & Mrs. John P. Davis, J¡.Ms. Nancy L. DavisM¡. & Mrs. James O'Ha¡a

Denny IIIMrs. Robert Dickey III & FamilyDr. & Mrs. Albert E. DietrichMr. & Mrs. Robert H. DietrichMrs. Carson S. DimlingMrs. E.H. DimlingMr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Dixon

& FamilyWilliam J. DixonThomas J. Donnelly, Esq.

& FamilyJohn M. DuffM¡. & Mrs. William F. DuncanMr. & Mrs. Richard D. Edwa¡dsMr. & Mrs. John E. Eichleay, Jr.

& FamilyMs. Virginia A. ElliottMr. & Mrs. George ErnyM¡. & M¡s. Sigo FalkEsther S. Farney, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Robert FellerMs. Donna E. FennerMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. FerreeRobert FierstMrs. Benjamin R. FisherMr. & Mrs. James A. FisherRichard D. FlinnMrs. William K. FosterMrs. Cyril A. FoxJames A. Þ-rankRobert M. FrankelMrs. H.Wl Friedman

Dr. & M¡s. R.E. Fulton & FamilyEdward W FunkDr. & Mrs. William S. Garrett, Jr.

& FamilyMrs. Rodney W. GartnerMr. & Mrs. David L. GenterMs. Margaret GilfillanThomas J. Gillespie III & FamilyMrs. David M. Gilmo¡e & FamilyDr. & M¡s. James GilmoreLarry Givens

. Kenneth Goldsmith & FamilyMr. & Mrs. J.H. Gorsuch

& FamilyMs. Carolyn E. Graffam

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. J.E. Graham, Jr.Ms. Beatrice GraterMs. Eleanor T. GrierLouis J. GrippoMs. Carolyn GrossMr. & Mrs. O.H. Grune¡ IIIMrs. Roland R. Guttendorl

& FamìlyErling H. Haabestad, JrMs. Eleanor D. HackettM¡s. J. Barr HainesMr. & M¡s. John HallPhilip B. HallenMrs. Fred E. HallerMrs. James W Hamilton, Jr.M¡s. Newton K. HammondMr. & Mrs. James H. HardieMs. Mary C. HardyMs. Eugenie Harper & FamilyMs. Jean H. HarperMrs. D.F. Harris & FamilyPaul R. HayesMr. & M¡s. R. HaysMr. & Mrs. R.D. HazlettThe Heinz FamilyMr. & Mrs. CW. HeraldMr. & Mrs. Henry C.

HerchenroetherMr. & Mrs. Dale HersheyM¡. & Mrs. F.A. HetzelMr. & Mrs. Leon E. Hickman, Esq.Mrs. E.T. HileMr. & Mrs. Henry L. HillmanMr. & Mrs. John HindmanHistorical Glass Club of

PittsburghMrs. Homer C. HoffmanMs. Mary Jane HoffmanMr. & Mrs. Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Michael HohnMs. Margaret M. Holdship

& FamilyMrs. Arnold I. HolmesMrs. E.N. HowerMrs. M.P HuessenerMr. & Mrs, Torrence M. Hunt, Sr.Ms. Mary Lillian HunterMr. & Mrs. Harry T. HutchinsonMr. & Mrs. George Illig, Jr.

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. H.W Jacob & FamilyMs. Margaret A. JacobyElwood M. JepsenDr. & M¡s. S.H. Johnson IIIMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. JohnsonM¡. & Mrs. William J. Johnston

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. Curtis E. JonesMs. Genevieve JonesMr. & Mrs. J.N. JosephJunìor League of PittsburghMs. M. Ruth KachurikH.E. KaschubMr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kaufman

& FamilyMrs. Eley KimballMs. Jane C. KirkerMrs. Joseph Kissane, J¡.James W. KnoxMs. Anne C. KoesterMr. & Mrs. J. Craig Kuhn

& FamilyGerald C. Kumme¡Rev. Edwa¡d J. KuncoMr. & Mrs. Louis KushnerM¡. & M¡s. Jules LaBartheMr. & Mrs. Arthu¡ Lassman

& FamilyEdward B. Lee, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. LehmanPaul F. LeixChester LeMaistreAa¡on P. LevinsonThomas J. Lewis, Jr., M.D.Richard L. Linde¡Ms. Edith H. LipkindMs. L. Joanne LippertMrs. C.E. LivingstonMr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Livingston

George D. Lockha¡tMr. & Mrs. Paul LongMrs. Robert I. LongMrs. Harold LykeThomas LyonsMr. & Mrs. D.J. Mahrer & FamilyMrs. Matthew Marshall, Jr.Mrs. Derek MartinMr. & Mrs. Jack MatthewsMrs. Agnes S.L. McAllisterMrs. James P. McA¡dleMs. Doris M. McBethMr. & M¡s. John L. McCainMrs. John E. McCalmontMs. Anna Loomis McCandlessGrant McCargoMr. & Mrs. Samuel A. McClung IIIMrs. Robert T. McCrumMrs. David G. McCulloughMs. Alice K. McDonnellM¡. & Mrs. R.A. McDonnellMr. & Mrs. James A. McGowan

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. C. McKayMr. & Mrs. Madison McKee, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. MclaughlinM¡. & Mrs. Charles J. McManus. Jr-

& FamilyRev. Edward F. McSweeneyMr. & Mrs. Nathan T. MelamedMrs. John MelassonosMs. Rina Marie MenegazMs. Mary H. MillerMr. & Mrs. David H. MillerMr. & Mrs. Delvin MillerMrs. Car¡oll Mille¡ Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert P Milligan, Jr.

& FamilyMrs. Daniel C. MitchellMr. & Mrs. John S. Moeller

& FamilyMrs. Cnarles H" MooreMrs. G. Harold MooreJoseph W. MooreMr. & Mrs. R.A. Moore & FamilyMr. & Mrs. William Mo¡elandMr. & Mrs. LW. MorganMs. Ruth C. MorrisMosebach Electric & Supply

CompanyDr. D.M. MrvosThomas D. MullinsMr. & Mrs. ThomasJ. Munsch, Jr.

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. T.J. MurrinMs. Nancy R. MylerMrs. Zeno NeriDr. M. Graham NettingMrs. lV.L. NiedringhausMiss Eleanor NimickMr. & Mrs. F. Nimick, Jr.Dr. & Mrs, J.F. NovakMs. Nancy NoyesMs. Elise NystromMr. & Mrs. F¡ank O'Ha¡aMr. & Mrs. F.W Okie, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Glenn OlbumMrs. Henry Oliver, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Olive¡ IIIGeorge P. O'NeillMr. & Mrs. J.K. OrndorlT& FamilyChristopher PassodelisMrs. Thomas C. Pears III & FamilyMrs. Evelyn B. PearsonMr. & Mrs. Nathan W. PearsonGerald L. PeckichMr. & Mrs. Alexander J.

Pentecost & FamìlyMs. Margaretta PhillipsThe Pilot Club of PittsburghMs. Barbara T. PlutnickiMs. Elizabeth M. PlutnickiMs. Margaret A. PlutnickiDr. & Mrs. Robert W. PringleMrs. George W Provost, Jr.Mrs. S. Raymond R.ackoffMr. & Mrs. John T. Radlet

& FamilyMr. & Mrs. William E. Ralston. JrMr. & Mrs. C.J. Ramsburg

& FamilyMrs. Cleveland D. Rea & FamilvMrs. C. Snowden RichardsMr. & Mrs. H.D. RichmanDr. & Mrs. Paul M. Rike & FamilvJ. Norman RileyMr. & Mrs. H.F. Robey, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William Y Rodewald

& FamilyMs. Jean W. RodmanMr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney

& FamilyDon Rose, Jr.The Hono¡able Eunice Ross

Dr & Mrs. B.L. Rottschaefer& Family

Dr. & Mrs. Will¡ed T. RouleauSidney M. RuffinMr. & Mrs. S.M. Rust, Jr.John T. Ryan, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Salisbury

& FamilyWilliam B. Salsbury, Jr.Mrs. Frances ScaifeMr. & Mrs. Richard M. ScaifeDr. & Mrs. Edward R. Schatz

& FamilyMrs. Edwin F. Scheetz & FamilvMs. Helen C. SchlenkeMr. & Mrs. Edward SchoyerWilliam T. SchoyerMr. & M¡s. F'rank C. Schroeder, JrMr. & Mrs. Fred Schuchman. Jr.Mrs. Walda SchumannMrs. Judson Scribne¡Dr. H. SeltzerMs. Jeannette SeneffMrs. Saul ShapiraDr. Samuel ShermanMs. Anne ShirasMrs. G.A. ShoemakerMrs. Charles T. Siebert, Jr.Chalmers T. SiviterMs. Delores M. SmithMs. Katherine E. SmithMr. & M¡s. Lester R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Têmpleton SmithMr & Mrs. Wallace Smith, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. G. Whitney SnyderMrs. W. Co¡des Snyde¡ Jr.Ms. Liliyan SobelSociety for the P¡eservation of the

Duquesne InclineFurman South IIIM¡. & Mrs. Milan SpanovichMrs. C.H. SpencerMr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyeq Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William L. StandishNorbert F. StannyMrs. Charles E. Stone, Jr.Mrs. Donald C. StoneM.D. StoneMr. & Mrs. Donald B. StraubM¡s. Albert T. StrauchThomas C. SuccopDr. & Mrs. Kamthom SukarochanaMr. & Mrs. R.B. SuttonWilliam G. SwainMs. Barbara S. SwansonMr. & Mrs. George H. TaberMr. & Mrs. Donald E. ThomasMs. Eleanora M. ThomasMs. Donna M. ThompsonMrs. LeRoy Thompson & FamilyMs. Jane A. TiegelMr. & Mrs. H.L. ToorMr. & Mrs. H. Woodruff Turner

& FamilyUniversity of Pittsburgh,

Hillman LibraryJames D. Van TrumpMs. Veronica VolpeEdgar C. WagnerMrs. Orlo G. WagnerMr. & Mrs. James M. WaltonJames R. Wardrop & FamilyMrs. Robert WardropMs. Dorothy F. WarrenMs. Phyllis J. WeigelMr. & Mrs. Harry H. WeilMrs. M.D. WellsMr. & Mrs. Joshua C. Whetzel, Jr.Ms. Virginia Smith WhireMr. & Mrs. P.M. WickMr. & Mrs. E.A. Willets & FamilyWilliams Trebilcock & WhiteheadMs. Annie D. WilsonMs. Frances H. WilsonM¡. & Mrs. John H. WilsonMrs. Kirke C. WilsonMr. & Mrs. James L. WinokurMrs. Alan E. WohleberRobert F. WohleberMr. & Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. George Wright, Jr.D¡. & M¡s. Hugh D. Young

& FamilyMs. Fannie YountFrank A. ZabroskyMr. & Mrs. Lisle A. ZehnerM¡s. Clarence ZenerMr. & Mrs. Harvey L. ZeveMrs. Ka¡l ZimmermanMr. & M¡s. Arthur P Ziegler, Sr.Arthur P. Zieg)er, Jr.

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Richard Williams of Plum Senior HþhSchnol utas one of n:eh;e hßtorians andguest speøliers whn ußíæd tl¿e Hands-OnHistory teachcr in-set uice.

JoLANDMARKISupport the Pittsburgh History& Landmarks Foundation inite work to:

a Preserve architectural landmarks, histori,neighborhoods, and industrial sites andartifacts in Allegheny County;

lCreate tours, lectures, publications, andeducational programs featuring the historarchitecture, and culture ofPittsburgh anc

Allegheny County;I Continue the development of Station

Square, the 52-acre riverfront site whereLandmarks' principles of historicpreservation, adaptive use, and urbanplanning are creating a lively attractionfor Pittsburgh.

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I Many rewarding volunteer opportunities.a A l07o discount at The Cornerstone book

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sorne of the tea,chers' corrlrnents:

Pittsburgh HeritageThe instructor was the main strength.She has a wealth of knowledge whichshe shares with enthusiasm. Sue Neffcreates an environment conducive tolearning for everyone.I enjoyed the combination of classroomwork and out-of-class tours; . . manyideas were presented for use in a schoolsetting. The instruction and hand-outswere excellent.The first-hand accounts by residents oflife in the "industrial bottoms" ofMcKees Rocks were interesting, and thetour of the churches was excellent.

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Hands-On Historyo The instructor really knew her material,

believed in, and enjoyed her work. Thevariety ofguest speakers was excellent.

o The guest speakers, walking tours, andassignments were the strengths of thecourse. The archives and census work-shops were especially interesting. Theuse of oral history has motivated me torecord my family history.

¡ The wide variety of activities and topicswere interesting. The guest speakerswere fantastic.

School & Community GroupsNow that September has begun,

Landmarks will be working with manyschools and community groups in thePittsburgh region. Our educational pro-grams include Portable Pittsburgh;Ar chit e cts -ín- t he - S cho o ls ; Ar c hite c ture :The Building Art; the LandmarkSurvivors exhibit and video; tours, slidelectures; and in-service programs. Theseprograms feature the history and archi-tecture ofPittsburgh, and can be usedto enrich any classroom curricula;or they provide an entertaining programfor a community, corporate, or profes-sional group.

Call Diane DeNardo at (412) 471-5808 for details.

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AUTUMN TOURSSeptember 30 úValking Tour

DormontJoin Al Tannler of Landmarks as we explorethe borough of Dormont, established in1909. Our tour encompasses the thrivingPotomac Avenue business district as well asnearby domestic architecture both grandand humble. The tour will begin and end atthe light rail station at Potomac Avenue andBroadway. Parking is available in the bor-ough lot at the corner ofPotomac and Espy

- one block south of the light rail stationand two blocks north of West LibertyAvenue. The tour begins at 6 p.m. and endsat 8 p.m. Tour fares: S2 for Landmarksmembers and $5 for non-members.

October 14 Walking Tour

The Borough of ThornburgThe walking tour begins at 6:00 p.m. inThornburg on Princeton Avenue nearHamilton Road. It will end around 8:00 p.m.Tour fares: $2 for Landmarks members and$5 for non-members.( See feature article - Historic Thornburg:Variations on a Theme)

October 18 Bus Tour

Albert Gqllqrin's Friendship HillMembers and friends of Landmarks willtravel by bus to "Friendshìp Hill," near Un-iontown. This was the home of Albert Gal-latin from 1791 to 1825. Gallatin, who livedto be 8& was one of the most remarkableAmericans of his time. As Secretary of theTreasury, he nearly halved the national debt,arranged to buy the Louisiana Territorywithout serious trouble to the budget, andspared the budget once more when the U.S.undertook the National Road. He was alsoMinister to France for five years.

Gallatin bought "Friendship Hill;' 340acres overlooking a Monongahela Riverbend, in 1785. He began to build, first abrick house completed in 1791, then a frameannex of 179$ then a stone part fìnished in1823. To these, other people added morearound 1895 and 1900. The house hasbelonged to the National Park Service since1980 but only recently has it been restoredfor tours.

Marilyn Parris, superintendent of theFriendship Hill National Historic Site, willpersonally guide us through the 35-roomhouse, including the attics and basement.

The tour bus will leave Station Square at12:45 p.m., returning at 6:30 p.m. Tour fares:S20 lor Landmarks members and $30 fornon-members.

December 5 Bus Tour

The Brookville VictorionChristmos CelebrotionBrookville, Pennsylvania is a tiny place, theseat of Jefferson County, with a populationof only 4,500. But it has a handsome nine-block historic district, and was an early ben-eficiary (from 1983) of the PennsylvaniaMain Street Program, executed in collabora-tion with the National Trust. Successful eco-nomic revitalization has included carefulrestoration and preservation of houses, insti-tutions, and business buildings in the areaaround the 1869 Italianate Courthouse.Brookville prospered in the Victorian periodthrough lumbering and wood products, andthere is some lavish residential architectureas a result. Along and near Main Street are26 historic buildings ofinterest.

The Victorian Christmas celebration tourwill include an introduction to the MainStreet Project by David Taylo¡ boroughsecretary, while tour participants eat lunchat The Meeting Place. Following lunch, par-ticipants will be able to explore the MainStreet area at their leisure: there will be toysales, street crafters, walking tours, museumdisplays, horse and buggy rides, strollingcarolers, a brass ensemble, and a"Christmas-tree lane" in the Courthouse.At 4:00 p.m., tour participants will gather atThe Meeting Place for a cup of hot choco-late and a pastry belore returning toPittsburgh.

The tour bus leaves Station Square at 9:30a.m. and returns at 6:00 p.m. Tour fares: $40for Landmarks members and $55 for non-members.

Tour I nformotionlReservqf ionsIf you would like further information on anyof these tours, or if you would like to make a

reservation, please call Mary Lu Denny at(412) 471-5808, Monday through Fridaybetween 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mark yourcalendar now, and plan to tour with Land-marks this autumn.

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1993 Tour & Speciol Event

SUGGESTION FORMWe are preparing our 1993 events schedule and need your input. Please take a moment to sendus your suggestions for walking tours, bus tours, and special events in the coming year.

I My suggestions for Landmarks'tours and special events in 1993 are:

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Do you prefer n bus tours or n waking tours? (check one)

Members have already suggested the following tours for us to consider in 1993.

Would you be interested in attending:

a walking tour of Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville

a walking tour of Allegheny Cemetery

a walking tour of the Bluff area from Duquesne University to Fifth Avenue High School

a bus tour to the East Washington Historic District in Washington, PA

a bus tour to Johnstown's Southfork Area

a tour ofneighborhood restoration projects currently underway, supported in part byLandmarks' Preservation Fund

I Please complete this form and return it to:Mary Lu DennyPittsburgh History & LandmarksFoundationOne Station Square, Suite 450Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1170

Please add your name and address if youwish. Thank you for taking the time tohelp us plan a year of tours and specialevents featuring the history and architec-ture of the Pittsburgh region.

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Historic Thornburg:Varin tinn s On a Thßtrr,e

Albert M. Tannler

Four miles southwest of downtownPittsburgh, the borough of Thornburg,founded in 1909, rises on a terracedbluffin the Chartiers Valley. In 1806,

Thomas Thornburg acquired over 400acres of land including the parcel onwhich the borough ofThornburg nowsits. This parcel - some 250 acres -was acquired by Thomas'heirs FrankThornburg and his cousin David in1899; they established the ThornburgLand Company and began developingtheir share of the family estate intoa planned suburban residentialcommunity.

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The decade from 1899 to 1909 sawthe development of the unique charac-ter of Thornburg. It began with FrankThornburg's arrival from Clinton,Iowa. The inception of the projectengendered acclaim and rapid growth;of the 75 buildings in the ThornburgHistoric District, 28 were in place by1905. It ended with high drama: thebankruptcy ofthe Thornburg LandCompany, the permanent departure ofFrank Thornburg for California, and

the establishment of the borough. Dur-ing the intervening years residents wereattracted by the beauty ofthe region,the convenient rail links with the city,the novelty of the first golf course in thearea, and the special character ofthecommunity emerging under the direc-tion of its founder - businessman,showmân, and architectural aficionado.

Only two restrictions were placed onprospective residents: (l) houses mustcost a minimum of $2,500, and (2) thefirst stories must be built of brick orstone to prevent fires. In 1900, the firstfive houses were erected along Prince-ton Road. These can be described as"simplihed Queen Anne;" a style foundin abundance at the turn ofthe centuryin urban as well as suburban communi-ties. Very soon, however, distinctivehousing came into being: comfortable,informal, rustic yet sophisticated. Somehouses wear the attire of the earlier"Shingle Style," others the emerging"Craftsman" style, and both traditionaland contemporary ornamentation wereused. However diverse such decorativeelements may be, however varied theroofs or the fenestration, Thornburghouses appear to be family memberswho share primary building materials offìeldstone, brick, stucco, and woodshingling, and whose differing detailsare charming expressions of individuality.

A key factor in the development ofthe communal character was ErankThornburg's interest in contemporaryCalifornia architecture and his conse-

Early Shingle Style hausesface their Queen Anne neþhbors on Princeton Road.

Sæep gables ønd.fieldstane porch.es and chïnneys a,re characterktic of many That'nburg hnuses.

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The Pittsburghreginn is our home, a.

famili,ar plnce we dn not u)ant to

leaae. But usithaut hßøritpreseruøtùtn, it could leanse us.

Yea,r-Ertd,

cirtSince its founding in 1964 as a non-

profit membership organization, Land-marks has made a difference in the life ofPittsburgh. Our great accomplishmentshave been to identify and save architec-tural and industrial landmarks, preservehistoric neighborhoods, educate thepublic regarding our history, and createStation Square.

Our work continues as vigorously asever, with the help of members'contribu-tions. We have no governmental support,and depend on individual donations tomaintain our General Fund and ourindividual projects.

Our program goals for 1993 areambitious, and your contribution to theLandmarks General Fund is the means bvwhich we can attain them. Please contriblute now, and help us keep working for thefuture of Pittsburgh's past.

CONTRIBUTIONSto l¿ndmarks' General Fund in 1993

will help us:

I advocate the preservation ofendangeredlandmarks.

I retrieve endangered artifacts that willlater be displayed in the Riverwalk ofIndustrial Artifacts at Station Square.

I provide technical assistance and fundingsupport through our Preservation Fundto more than 20 neighborhood/com-munity groups that are restoring historicproperties.

I offer educational prograrns such asPortable Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Herítage,lhe Hands-On History sunìmer institute,teacher inservices, and family workshops.

I organize the Landmarks library anddescribe our historical collections so theycan be available for research purposes.

I publish major books, brochures, andPHLF News.

I host tours and special events for thebeneht of our members and the public.

Enclosed is my year-end contribution ofS

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to Landmarks'General Fund.

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Address

City

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State _ Zip _Contributions are tax-deductible. Pleasemake checks payable to the PittsburghHistory & Landmarks Foundation andreturn payment with this form to:

Pittsburgh History &Landmarks FoundationGeneral FundOne Station Square, Suite 450Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1170

Please giae tn Innd,mnrl$

'A copy ofthe official registration & financial informationolthe Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation maybe obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Stateby calling toll free, within Pennsylvania 1-800-732,0999.Registration does not imply endorsement." (as requiredbv PA Act 202)

c.1907; SamuelT!

quent influence, on some level, on thedesign ofthe residences erected by hisclients and neighbors. In l90t the AprilI issue af Constructionmagazine noted:

Frank Thornburg arrived homefrom Los Angeles, Cal., last Fri-day, after two months'absence.While away Mr. Thornburg, wholaid out and is developing Thorn-burg, adjoining Crafton, secured60 photographs of Los Angelesresidences, and intends reproduc-ing most of the dwellings atThornburg. The suburb is notedfor its pretty homes, nearly all ofwhich are patterned after housesin other cities, of which pictureswere taken by Mr. Thornburgfrom time to time. The 60 newphotographs are mostly of housesof the mission type and some arevery artistic. Mr. Thornburg sâysthat throughout California housearchitecture is rapidly improving.Until a year or two ago nearly alldwellings in California cities werebuilt of wood exclusively and fewwere provided with cellars. Nowstone foundations are being used,some first stories are brick or cob-ble stone and the upper storiesplaster.

One can almost hear Frank Thorn-burg's voice. He was apparently awareof residential design "throughoutCalifornia." He therefore probablyknew about the revival and extension ofthe Shingle Style taking place in the SanFrancisco Bay area in the work of Ber-nard Maybeck and his colleagues. ButLos Angeles and surrounding commu-nities most certainly provided the locusof his inspiration; one can discern visualaffinities between houses in Thornburgand the early work of Greene andGreene and Hunt and Grey in Pasadenaas well as the "Mission/Craftsman"bungalows designed by Roehrig, theHeineman brothers, and others in theArroyo Seco. (Almost certainly it was toLos Angeles that Thornburg's founderreturned in 1909; he died therein1927,thirteen days after his Tlst birthday.)

Frank Thornburg found an ally -someone who could translate ideasabout buildings into buildings - in hiscousin, the Pittsburgh architect, SamuelT. McClarren (about whom we know,as yet, very little). McClarren designednumerous houses in the community,including his own home at 533 Hamil-

McClarren, architea.

ton Road which burned in November of1905 and which he rebuilt the followingyear; almost certainly Frank Thorn-burg's second home at 501 HamiltonRoad sometime prior to 1905 (and itssibling at 1060 Stanford Road); and thethird, and last, Thornburg family homeat ll32 Lehigh Road sometime between1907 and 1908. Other local architectsworked in Thornburg but SamuelMcClarren, more likely adapting ratherthan copying cousin Frank's photo-graphs, was responsible for much of thebuilt fabric of the borough.

In1979, the Pittsburgh History &Landmarks Foundation, at the requestof the Thornburg Community Cluþsurveyed the borough and preparedhistoric district nomination forms forthe older section of the community. In1982, the Thornburg Historic Districtwas added to the National Register ofHistoric Places.

t-r.lIhornbrrrg's significance is three-fold.

It is an outstanding example of thel9th-century planned residential suburbmodeled after Frederick Law Olmsted'sRiverside, Illinois, and Bruce Price'sTuxedo Park, New York - communi-ties that combined the benefits of coun-try living with metropolitan proximity.Beyond this, Thornburg's communalcharacter and integrity - both naturaland architectural - has been retainedto a remarkable and gratifying degree.Other turn-of-the-century plannedsuburbs in the Pittsburgh metropolitan

area, such as Rosslyn Farms (1903) andSchenley Farms (1905), have sufferedfrom urban encroachment and unsym-pathetic development. Finally, and mostsignificantly, the houses of Thornburgare expressions of the avant garde oftheir time, unusual in the Pittsburgharea where new buildings have mostcommonly been reactive rather thaninnovative in design. The houses wereerected during those years - 1901-1909

- when architects in California, FrankLloyd Wright in the Midwest, andGustav Stickley in upper New Yorkwere creating and defining anindigenous American residential ar-chitecture. It would be 1907 beforeStickley's immensely influential Crafts-manwould devote an article to the"California" house; at the same timeSamuel McClarren was building FrankThornburg's splendid stone and shinglehouse on the summit of the borough.

We are told that on long summerevenings, Samuel McClarren would siton his porch and serenade his Thorn-burg neighbors with a rendition of "TheFatal Wedding with Variations" on thecornet. No other musical selections arementioned; the captive audience appar-ently responded with a mixture ofamusement and exasperation. Today itis unlikely that one will hear "The FatalWedding with Variations" waftingthrough Thornburg. One can, however,experience felicitous architectural varia-tions on the theme Frank Thornburgcomposed in the community that bearshis name.

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Frank Thatnburg's "mantsíonr"

A "Spanßh Missian" style hotne on Cornell Road.

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The Presemsation Fund,Sirrce 1985

Stanley Lowe, Director

Since 1985, loctns q,nd grønts of oaer

$2 million, phs technicøl assßtancq

haue demonstratcd the ffictiaeness ofI-a,ndmør lts' P r e s eru ation Fund.

Essentially, the Preseraøtion Fund

is auailøbleþr start-up costs and

bridge fi.nøncing in projecæ benefi.ting

hisøric Allegheny C ounty buildin4s

and neighborhnods. Eligible clre nøn-

profit 501 (c) (3) communíty-based

organizct tions of dernonstrated corn-

petence that cøn secure theír loans

utithfuIl colløæru,L k¡ans ørefor nno

yeors or less, with interest at the

preuailing príme.

These are th.e Fund's accomplßh-

ments to date:

. The Henderson-Metz house at 1516Warren Street in Fineview was con-verted into nine low- to moderate-income rental units. Loan amount:$40,780

¡ The owner of 841 North LincolnAyenue in Allegheny West received abridge loan for acquisition and restora-tion. Loan amount: $45,000

. The Perry Hilltop Association forSuccessful Enterprises Inc., received aloan to purchase 108-10 LafayetteAvenue. Loan amount: $2000

Dicltson log house

The endangered Dickson log house(c.1197) on'Vy'estern Avenue in BenAvon was purchased and renovated bya local historical association. Loanamount: $10,000

The Prinry

St. Mary's Church Priory (1888),locared on the North Side between Pressleyand Lockhart Streets, was renovated asa "bed-and-breakfast" city inn. Loanamount: $50,000The Hollander Building at 415 EastOhio Street on the North Side wasacquired by North Side Civic Develop-ment Council and renovated forcommercial purposes with support fromEast Allegheny Community Council.Loan amount: $100,000

Neain Row

Nevin Row in Allegheny West wasrestored. Loan amount: $3&600Through the Home Ownership forWorking People program, five vacantbuildings in the Central North Sidewere rehabilitated for low- and middle-income families. Loan amount:$162,000. In phase two, five vacanthouses in Manchester at 1100-09 Penn-sylvania Avenue were acquired; fourhave been renovated and sold. Loanguarantee: $15,000. In phase three, theManchester Citizens Corporationbought five houses beginning at 1009Manhatten Street and remodeled themfor single-family occupancy. Loanamount: $145,000

Allegheny Bretnery & Pub

The Eberhardt & Ober Brewery (1883),at the foot of Troy Hill on the NorthSide, was acquired and renovated tohouse a brew pub and incubator spacefor businesses. Loan amount: $50,000The Rachel Carson Homestead Associ-ation in Springdale obtained profes-sional architectural services for thepreparation of a schematic design andrendering for the construction of aneducational wing on the site of theHomestead. Loan amount: $!700Major repairs were made to the NewBethel Missionary Baptist Church roofand steeple in Lawrenceville. Loanamount: $q400The Braddock's Field Historical Societycommissioned a building re-use studyfor the Carnegie Library in Braddock.Loan amount: $10,000

Ca.rnegie Library in Braddoclt

o The Braddock's Field Historical Societybegan renovation on the first two floorsof the Carnegie Library in Braddock.Loan amount: $40,000

r Masonic Hall at 16 W North Avenue inthe Central North Sìde has been pur-chased by the Central North Side CivicCouncil and awaits renovation as partol the Federal-North improvement pro-gram. Loan amount: $100,000

. l4l7 East Carson Street was purchasedby the South Side Local DevelopmentCouncil and the structure was renovat-ed for office and storefront use. Loanamount: $3q000

¡ The Steel Industry Heritage Task Forcemoved a 48-inch rollÍng mill to aHomestead site where it will bepreserved. Loan amount: $25,000

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NEIGHBORHOODThe Neighborhood M urket In/'ormationBook oî the Pittsburgh CommunityReinvestment Group (PCRG) is justout, hnanced in part by Landmarks'Preservation Fund. Loose-leafed andthus readily updated, it offers thefollowing:a description of the PCRG and of thefinancial institutions with which it hasbusiness relationsdescriptions of the 26 Pittsburgh mem-ber neighborhood organizations, givingrepresentatives, incorporated territorywith population statistics, date of incor-poration, subsidiary organizations, mis-sion statement, meeting dates, sched-uled events, programs and activities,institutional tie-ins, marketing tools,marketing sponsors, and board andstaff members

¡ member organizations' newsletters andnewspapers

. representatives and committee mem-bers, including those from the financialinstitutions involved

¡ community banking services and pro-grams of the fìnancial institutionsI housing and financing programs of theUrban Redevelopment Authority ofPittsburgh.

A copy of the Neighborhootl MarketInJorntotion Book is in the library in theLandmarks offìces. Call Albert Tannler,(412) 471-5808, if you wish to come tothe library. Oq contact PCRG at322-6053 for a mail-order copy at Sl0

251-53 Alpine Street, Central North Side

plus postage.Saturn Way Central North Side

September 1992 PHLF News PageT

Anderson Ma,nor

Anderson Manor (c. 1830), af 1423Liverpool Street in Manchester, wasrenovâted. Loan amount: $10J000Bethel Park Historical Society receiveda loan of $1,500 to appeal a possible saleand demolition of the Bethel ParkSchool House.The Allegheny West Civic Council,through the North Side Civic Develop-ment Council, received aloan to restore901-6 Western Avenue to a form simi-lar to its original, with addition of anew office wing. Loan amount: $80,000

852 Beech At:enue

. The Allegheny West Civic Council andthe owner of852 Beech Avenuereceived a bridge loan for acquisitionand restoration. Loan amount: $45,000

The Northside Tenants Reorganizationborrowed money to acquire two nui-sance bars and rehabilitate 33 vacantbuildings in Brighton Place. Loanamount: $220,000The Harry Darlington house at Bright-on Road and Lincoln Avenue wasreconverted from a 2l-unit dwelling to asingle-family house, with stopgapfinancing and money for initial workfrom a loan through the Allegheny WestCivic Council. Loan amount: $165,000Technical assistance was given to theAffordable Housing Program of theManchester Citizens Corporation.Landmarks received and lent funds tothe Oakland Planning and Develop-ment Corporation to assist the rehabili-tation of Allequippa Place. Loanamount:$166,000

Allequippa Pl.ace

The Bloomlield-Garfield Corporationused a loan to purchase a nuisance bar.Loan amount: 524,000A check was presented to the MexicanWar Streets Society to establish andmaintain Mechanic's Retreat Park.Amount: $2,500Technical assistance was provided forthe constructio..p of infill housing on the1300 block, Sheffield Street.Manchester Citizens Corporation pur-chased 1256-58 Decatur Street with aloan from the Fund. Loan amount:$42,0001311 North Franklin Street was re-habilitated as part of the Home Owner-ship program. Loan amount: $45,000Integra Bank augmented the Preserva-tion Fund in 1990 with a 5500000loan.

1403 Shffield Steet

Houses at 1403 Sheffield Street and1251 Liverpool Street were purchasedwith closing-cost assistance from theFund. Grants: $1,600 and $1,500respectively.The Northside Civic DevelopmentCouncil borrowed for roof repairs andother work to the Masonic Hall onWest North Avenue. Loan amount:$20,000The Allegheny West Civic Council pur-chased 932 West North Avenue forresale. Loan amount: $12000The South Side Local DevelopmentCompany built Edwards Court, a five-house row on South Thirteenth Streetnear Breed. Loan amount: $53,350Continuing the Home Ownership forWorking People program, the Fundmade available 50o/o closing-costassistance to purchasers of 1007-11, 1019,

and 1025 Manhattan Street.A loan made through the AlleghenyWest Civic Council allowed the pur-chase and beginning rehabilitation of940 Beech Avenue. Loan amount:$15,000

7225 Monærey Steet

¡ The Mexican War Streets Society andthe Central Northside NeighborhoodCouncil, in partnership with Land-marks, received a recoverable grant torepair l2?5 Monterey Street, themoney refundable on sale of the house.Grant amount: $1J000

¡ Landmarks loaned funds to the Home-wood Brushton Revitalization and De-velopment Corporation to acquire 6û7North Homewood Avenue. Loanamount:$45,000

r The same group received a stopgap loanto purchase 1074 rilheeler and72l2Race Streets. Loan amount: Sll,000¡ The Northside Civic DevelopmentCou-ncil and East Allegheny Commu-nity Council acquired a portion of theSchiller School property in Dutchtownfor housing, apark, and parking space.Loan amount: $5t000¡ Landmarks funded a lecture by BerthaGilkey, of the Cochran Tenant Manage-ment Corporation of St. Louis, ontenant management of low-incomehousing.

o Landmarks contributed funding for thepublication of lhe Neighborhood Mar-ket Information Book of the PittsburghCommunity Reinvestment Group.I Landmarks provides on-going technicaland/or economic developmentassistance to numerous organizations,including the Buena Vista Street SeniorCitizen's program, Calbride PlaceCitizens Council, North Side Leader-ship Conference, the Pittsburgh Com-munity Technical Assistance Center,Spring Garden Neighborhood Council,Homewood Brushton Revitalizationand Development Corporation, EastAllegheny Community Council, Man-chester Citizens Corporation, NorthsideTenants Reorganization, AlleghenyWest Civic Council, Negro EducationalEmergency Drive, Mexican War StreetsSociety, South Side Local DevelopmentCompany, and the Pittsburgh Commu-nity Reinvestment Group.. Nationally, Landmarks provides on-going technical assistance services to theLos Angeles Community ReinvestmentGroup, the National Trust for HistoricPreservation Main Street Programs;Landmarks Harlem; the National Eco-nomic Development and Law Center ofBerkeley, California; the Design Centerof Knoxville, Tennessee; Mt. AuburnGood Housing Foundation of Cincin-nati, Ohio; lJrban Women Inc. of St.Louis, Missouri; the N.E.W. FundFoundation of Charleston, SouthCarolina; Savannah NeighborhoodAction Project of Savannah, Georgia;and Unitarian House of Petersburg,Virginia.

Th,e Presera o,ti.on Fund,:Whøt the Commttnitio Soy

A meeting ol Preservation Fund lenders andborrowers, held on June 8 to determine whateffect the Preservation Fund has had on theneighborhoods where it has operated,elicited the following:

Susan Golomb of the South Side LocalDevelopment Company called it "invalu-able," citing the construction of EdwardsCourt. This lO-unit project not only addednew housing but has stimulated rehabilita-tion near by.

Jim Nordin of the Spring Garden Neigh-borhood Council said that the Fund allowedcommunity control of site-development is-sues.

Harriet Henson of the Northside TenantsReorganization stated that the BrightonPlace rehabilitation has depended on the$220,000 loan that allowed the purchase andclosing of two nuisance bars. Their closinghas given lending institutions and residentsnecessary faith in the project.

Mark Fatla of the Allegheny West CivicCouncil says that the Fund has helped hisneighborhood tremendously. He cites itsfirst application, at the fire-damaged NevinRow at Galveston and Lincoln Avenues. Noother lender would finance rehabilitation.The restoration ol the Darlington house atBrighton Road and Lincoln Avenue, 901-05Western Avenuq and940 Beech Avenuewere other Fund beneficiaries that helpedstabilize and improve the neighborhood.

Nancy Schaefer of the Northside Confer-ence called the Fund extremely helpful. Thepurchase olthe Masonic Hall, made poss!ble by the Fund, was a desirable stabilizingaction.

Helen Hurst of the Homewood-BrushtonRevitalization and Development Corpora-tion said that the Fund has allowed them torehabilitate conspicuous residential andcommercial propertieq,

In addition, neighborhood representativesspoke ofhow many projects could not havehappened without the Fund, and en-couraged its continuing emphasis on loansto low- and moderate-income neighbor-hoods.

Landmarks Preservation Fund is workingand is appreciated by the neighborhoodswhere it is operative. Its effectiveness is be-ing noted in other cities too. The ClevelandRestoration Society, announcing the start ofits own revolving fund, cited those ofPittsburgh, Providence, and Savannah asexamples ofhow successful a fund can be.

Constnrction Begins a,t

Bri,ghrun Plnne

After more than three years ol planning,Brighton Place Associates gave the "Noticeto Proceed" with construction on theBrighton Place project on Tuesday, July 28.

The project includes the renovation of 19

existing historic townhouses on the North-side into 34 units ofrental housing, a neigh-borhood laundromat and offices lor North-side Tenants Reorganization, the developer,owner and manager lor the properties. Theproject will be historic tax credit certified.The architect for the project is LandmarksDesign Associates. The contractor for theproject is Mistick, Inc. The contractor willemploy WBE, MBE, and neighborhood resi-dents. The project is partially fundedthrough low income and historic tax credits,the URA, PHFA, Integra Bank, the Pitts-burgh Partnership for NeighborhoodDevelopment, Pittsburgh National Bank,and the Pittsburgh History & LandmarksPreservation Fund. The first units should beready for occupancy in early 1993.

Page 8 PHLF News September 1992

Preservation Scene

Suruiaors from Morwngahela Whatf days

Plaque AwardsThe Historic Landmarks Plaque AwardsCommittee met at the end of June andawarded plaques toBellefield Hall, the former YMHA on SouthBellefield Avenue that is a work of 1924byBenno Janssen.Homewood Cemetery, with its picturesquelandscape, impressive monuments, andbuildings by MacClure & Spahr and others:a beautiful and historic Place.South Vo-Tech High School, the old SouthSide High School of 1897 by Edward Stotz;its restoration won our Award of Merit a

few years ago.Schenley High School, a Grecian Ionic workof 1916 by Edward Stotz on the edge ofSchenley Farms.Allegheny Middle School, the old AlleghenyHigh School, and specihcally the 1904 partby Frederick John Osterling.610 Lincoln Avenue, in the northeast part ofPittsburgh, a handsomely-restored Mid-Victorian house.Fort Pitt Boulevard between Wood and

Market Streets, the sole reminder of the oldMonongahela waterfront, and in a remarka-

bly high state of integritY.Six other decisions were deferred pending

lurther investigation or necessary repairs,and one application was denied.

Landmarks' Historic Plaque committeemeets once a year. If you would like toreceive information on obtaining a Land-marks plaque in 1991 please call WalterKidney at (412\ 47 I -5808.

Painting New BrickA question has arisen as to whether Alle-gheny Court 901-05 Western Avenue, canreceive its Investment Tax Credit withoutone further restoration feature: applicationof paint to the new and cleaned brickwork.The brickwork had been painted some 50

years ago to disguise crude remodeling, andthe Allegheny West Civic Council (AWCC)claims that repainting it is unnecessary giventhe quality of the new brickwork, which willtone in with the old. The State's Bureau forHistoric Preservation, however. is insistingon a feature present 50 years ago and there-fore part of the building's history. Some-

where the reality of the situation seems tohave gotten lost. Perhaps the AWCC willhave to replace the paint and bide its timeuntrl2042, in which year it can strip it offbecause in the historic year of 1992 thebrickwork was bare.

Smithfield Street Bridge PaintingThe City of Pittsburgh Historic ReviewCommission has approved the painting ofthe Smithfield Street Bridge in the mannerunder discussion in the last few years, recall-

ing the original 1883 color scheme: brownlor the deck, royal blue for the trusses, andsandstone, a pale gray-tan, lor the portals.Paint scrapings showed no trace of true he-

raldic colors on the escutcheons that hangover the portals of 1915, so we will have nofinal glory of black, gold, blue, and silver.

On the other hand, the original torchlikeportal lamps are to be restored, and thebridge will be largely removed from its pres-

ent ignominious state. Painting is foreseen

for sometime in 1994.

Market Square CelebratesOn Thursday, August ( MaYor Maslolfpresided at ceremonies marking the newly-refurbished and landscaped Market Square.

The event was sponsored by the MarketSquare Association, an organization of localmerchants. The Association published a sou-

venir program containing a briel illustratedhistory of Market Square by Landmarks'architectural historian Walter Kidney. Inaddition, Landmarks provided five historicalphotographic views of Market Square whichwere enlarged and placed on display in TwoPPG Place.

Call Us with Preservation NewsOur staff wants to hear from you if you see

or know of any historic buildings that are

threatened with demolition or that have

recently been demolished. We need yourhelp in covering the County. Please callWalter Kidney (4121471-5808) and reportwhat you know.

Shadyi.d.e Bed and' Brealrfast

Bed and BreakfastA current issue before the Pittsburgh CityPlanning Commission, and to come beforeCity Council on October 1, is the licensingproposed by Councilman Jim Ferlo of bed-and-breakfast inns with lewer than 11 sleep-

ing rooms in residential neighborhoods. The24-room Priory on the North Side has donevery well, and its success has saved a good

Victorian building. One hopes that smallerbed-and-breakfasts might use a number ofhandsome but awkwardly-big single-familyhouses in the same way. A number of othercities have licensed small bed-and-breakfasts,and several have special regulations to pro-tect historic character.

These are not to be rooming houses, andare to be in other ways well integrated intoneighborhoods of one-family homes. Besides

the maximum number olrooms, the maxi-mum length of stay, parking provisions, sig-

nage, and spacing are matters of importanceto their painless inclusion in such neighbor-hoods.

A hearing before the City Planning Com-mission on June 1Ç howeve¡ brought out themisgivings or outright opposition of many.The opposition made the following poìnts:

o A B&8, however small, is a commercialoperatìon in a residential neighborhood;

r its operation, adherence to safety codes, etc'would not be properly supervised by theauthorities;

o absentee owners would aggravate the situa-tion, being out olcontact with and havingno direct accountability to the neighbor-hood;

o transients would disturb the quiet of theneighborhood, with their comings andgoings if in no other waY;

. transients and delivery people might commitcrimes, shielded by their anonymity;

o one argument for B&Bs, that it gives elderlypeople a source of income, seems not to be

proven in practice.There is also a geographical argument,

related to trafltc movement, parking, andcul-de-sacs since most of the protestorsagainst the new B&B ordinance as draftedhave addresses in Maple Heights Road orMaple Heights Court, where a B&8, Shady-side Bed and Breakfast, has been in opera-tion for some time. The testimony shows

some confusion, indeed, between B&Bs ofany kind, anywhere, and Shadyside Bed and

Breakfast. This establishment, as a matter olfact, can show warm letters of appreciationfrom happy and seemingly-respectableguests; and even among their neighbors in

Maple Heights Road and Maple HeightsCourt, those in favor of the Ferlo bill as

written outnumber the opposed two to one

in the testimony presented. A visit to the site

showed an interesting rugged stone house,

said to date from 1903, very well kept exter-nally and set within a big yard. The proprie-tors say that they would like to expand fromtheir present four guest rooms though notgreatly. The impression, on a summer after-noon, was peaceful, and in practice such

B&Bs seem harmless as long as they are

chosen by people who like Peace on a24-hour basis.

Since there is confusion between B&Bsanywhere in Pittsburgh and one B&B in aSquirrel Hill cul-de-sac, the opposition tothe Ferlo bill may actually be less than one

might suppose, while some opposition is tothings included or not included in the billrather than to the idea as such ol B&Bs inresidential areas.

The best solution may be one proposed

that would require the consent of abuttìngowners, as well as meeting certain standardsofaccess, parking, safety, and so on' These

met, there remains the human element, andanother proposal made would require resi-

dence not only by a B&B owner but his resi-

dence at the address for a minimum timebefore his licensing. Short ofa rigid exclu-sion of "trade" from a residential neighbor-hood, such provisions seem to promise thebest way of maintaining neighborhoodintegrity.

The Old Stann Tauern

The Okl Stone TavernCoates'Tavern, or the Old Stone Tavern, is

up for sale. A 1752 datestone said to be onthe building is incredible - not even theFrench had a ltrm hold on the Pittsburgharea rn 17 52 - but a pre-1800 date is possi-ble, and this is certainly one of the oldestbuildings in the city. Coates'Tavern stands

on Greentree Road in the West End, largeand in need of restoration. It has been a tav-ern and restaurant for 150 years at least. Forfurther information in regard to the tavernsale, call Wayne Dean at (412) 471-9923

during the day,or (412) 835-3258 inthe evening.

Donations andContributions WelcomeIf you would like to donate any architecturalmaterials - or if you would like to make a

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MMt. Zion Baptßt Church

African-,4.merican Historic SiteSurvey Focus: ChurchesThe African-American Historic Site Surveywas finished on September 1. Originally, thesurvey was to be completed by July, but theextension marked an intensified focus by thePennsylvania Historical and Museum Com-mission on such ethno-history surveys in thisstate, particularly the history ofblacks. Thissurvey is the hrst ofits kind in the state.

The thirteen-month survey started July1991, when project director Eliza Brown,marketing and research director at Land-marks Design Associates, Architects, beganpreliminary research for the survey and as-sembled an advisory committee of local resi-dents and historians. Since then the surveyhas covered 51 communities throughout Al-legheny County, documented over 300 sites(many not extant), and completed nearly200 survey lorms for individual sites andthree districts.

The African-American Survey will be cir-culated widely throughout Pittsburghschools, libraries, and community associa-tions, and will be kept in the PennsylvaniaState Archives in Harrisburg. Ultimately, thesurvey will provide groundwork for furtherresearch projects, be the initial step in thenomination and preservation of some struc-tures, and lead to a better understanding ofblack residents who have been a crucial partof Allegheny County's history.

More time was given to the survey in partbecause of the large number ofblackchurches in Allegheny County. Findingthem and recording their physical andcultural characteristics requires especiallythorough and innovative research methods.Some churches are gone, but many still exist,although a congregation may not inhabit theoriginal building in which it began.

Many old black churches that are nolonger used stand vacant and threatenedwith future developments. The old Bethle-hem Baptist Church in McKeesport, the firstblack Baptist church in that town (1903), isslated for demolition by the PA DepartmentofTransportation. It stands vacant, and anew Bethlehem Baptist replaced it down thestreet in 1980, but its strong brickRomanesque Revival styling is rare and a

testimony of the early cohesiveness ofMcKeesport's black community.

Anothe¡ the Mt. Zion Baptist Church(formerly the A.M.E. Zion Church) inElizabeth, a small, wood-frame structure(1910), is also targeted for demolition. It issituated in an area called the "Hollow" bor-dered by Route 51, which black workers inthe mills of Clairton and Duquesne havecalled their home for nearly 100 years. Mostof the original residents are gone now andhave left the Mt. Zion Baptist Church anunguarded historic structure.

Dozens of black churches throughout thecounty, particularly those outside Pitts-burgh, are threatened with neglect, dwin-dling membership, and development. Formost black communities, the church servedas the center of social, moral, and spirituallife, and some provided recreation, educa-tion, and sporting activities. Many todaystand as the only physical remnant of aonce-thriving black community long sincemoved out with the shifting economics ofW'estern Pennsylvania.

Crafton History PublishedBetsy Martin, The Story of Crafton, 1740-1992Crafton: Crafton Historical Society, 1992.

$1s.9s.

This is a history, published on the centennialof the Borough's founding though it goesmuch further back in time. The text is '

lactual, and the illustrations are interestingand numerous. It is available for purchase atthe Cornerstone, the book and gilt shop ofthe Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foun-dation in The Shops at Station Square. Or,members ol Landmarks may come to ourlibrary on the fourth floor of the LandmarksBuilding and browse through The Story ofCrafton.

Meason House SurveyLandmarks'library has just acquired "Cul-tural Resources Reconnaissance ofthe IsaacMeason House National Historic Land-mark, Fayette County, Pennsylvania," byEdward J. Siemon III and Ronald C.Carlisle. The text describes the physical set-ting, background history, past and presentarchaeology, and man-made features of thesite, at present four acres around "MountBraddock," Isaac Meason's great house of1802.

A few years ago, the house was in dangerfrom blasting vibrations in connection witha nearby strip-mining operation, butmonitoring suggests that the mining com-pany is conlorming with the conditionsagreed upon. Landmarks Design Associates,Architects, has been engaged to investigatethe physical history of the house and itsgrounds, and to do a bibliography olsourcematerial, for Preservation Pennsylvania.

"Woodville"A Family Home for Two CenturiesIn July, Landmarks printed a handsomecolor brochure for "Woodville," the Nevillehouse in Collier township that has been aLandmarks property since 1976. The eight-panel pocket folder reveals the restorationprogress that has taken place at the NationalHistoric Landmark, and announces that thehouse is available for house tours, privategroup rentals, and special events by appoint-ment. The brochure was supported throughgrants from Landmarks, the Neville HouseAuxiliary, and the Allegheny County Com-mittee of the National Society of ColonialDames of America. Professional pho-tographer David Rentz volunteered his timeand talent, and, as a result, there are severalstriking color photos of the house.

If you are a member of a garden club orcommunity group whose members would beinterested in touring "Woodville," or inholding a meeting there, please call Mary LuDenny at (412) 471-580& and she will sendyou copies of the brochure for furtherinformation.

Kitchen RestorationNathaniel Neblett, who has the restora-

tion of Gunston Hall in Virginia to hiscredit, is consultant for the ongoing restora-tion of "Woodville's" 1og kitchen, probablythe original part of the house. Both thefloorboard and random-width beadedplanking on three walls have had to bereplaced, and all four walls, including one ofbare log, painted a strong red-brown.

Landscaping PlansLandmarks, the Neville House Auxiliary,

and the Colonial Dames now are looking tothe two-acre property of "Woodville," andthe need to improve landscaping andparking through a coordinated plan. TheAllegheny County Garden Club is donating$2000 for landscape planning and imple-mentation, so that "Woodville" will onceagain be surrounded by gardens appropriateto its time and architectural character, andbenefit from the convenience of adequateparking.

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Gifts of appreciated property can be made to Landmarkswithout any recognition of a capital gain by the donot while atthe same time the donor receives an income tax deduction inthe year the gilt is made equal in many cases to the full fairmarket value of the property given.

Alter the death olthe donor, the remaining principalbecomes the sole property ol Landmarks to help it carry on itswork in preserving the history character, and architecturalbeauty of your community.

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What It Feels Like Tb Be A Building(Preservation Press, $10.95) uses animaland human figures to demonstrate basicengineering principles. Round Buildings,Square Buildings & Buildings that Wtg-gle Like a Fish (Knopf, $10.95) examinesthe elements of buildings - doors, win-dows, roofs - through photographs offamous European and American build-ings. I Know That Buildingl (Preserva-tion Press, $14.95) explores the world ofarchitecture through puzzles, games,cut-outs, and other hands-on activities.ArchitecÍs Make Zigzags: Looking ørArchitecture from A to Z (PreservationPress, $9.95) presents an architecturalalphabet of the most common featuresof buildings and neighborhoods. Minia-ture pop-ups ofgreat architecture, oldand new, are found in The SevenAncient Wonders of the World (Chroni-cle, $8.95 in hardcover) and The SevenModern Wonders of the World (ditto,$9.95). Finally, historic preservation ofan individual structure is the subject ofVictoria House (Harcourt BraceJovanovich, on sale for 56.95, from$12.95, hardcover) which tells the storyof a family who discovers a neglectedVictorian farmhouse and moves it to anew urban neighborhood, while thechanges -

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Remodelings and Purity:A Feuu Pøssing Remnrlts

pIreservattontsts are apt [o seeremodeling as a bad thing, and certainlythe view of 1915, showing a remodelingola remodelingof 242 Forbes Avenue,r¡ith which r.re begin this essay gives usno basis lor contradiction. Yet theSouth Side Market House was surelychanged for the better alter a ñre ol1915.

And the Courthouse: as designed in1884, the side archways of the Court-house were open to the weather at bothends, with the ñrst-floor corridors run-ning through them like covered bridges.In the early l9l0s their proporrions wererendered taller because the street levelwas lowered, and in 1923 the wholefirst- and second-floor level in the arch-ways was filled in lor more office space.Only the informed will sense that thiswas done.

In 1936, an architect wrote of the"renovizing" of a hypothetical Vic-torian "atrocity," which he saw trans-formed from an affair "full of curvesand wiggles" into an academically-correct piece of Neo-Georgian. Ourmoderns might demand every curve andwiggle intact, on the contrary. ButBloodgood Tuttle, the architect, showed

242 Forbes Aaenue

a midway stage in the house'seconomically-timed evolution thatseems agreeable in itself - no whitepaint on the bricks yet, the homely butample porch, porte-cochere, doubledoorway, and upstairs corner bay un-touched though the roof and chimneyshave been tamed- One might stop theremodeling about here.

South Side Marltet House as buíh. 1891.

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PITTSBIJRGH ARCHITECTTIRE z Associatiu e ArchitectureWalær C. Kid,nq

A half-century ago a vocal part of thearchitectural profession was in highdudgeon about the long-continuedhabit of most architects and clients indesigning, and commissioning, build-ings in one or another historic style, orat least in something that looked like ahistoric style. Much of what was beingbuilt at that time was, indeed, silly,fakey, wasteful, and worse yet, bland.Now of course Modernism itself hascome to seem habit-ridden, self-satisfied, and visually barren; we havebeen looking back to history and thepossible applications of its forms oncemore. Such applications have theirdangers, as a builder's magazine wereceive at Landmarks shows. The maga-zine displays on the cover, every time,an expensive house that in its detailsmakes traditional noises but - almostevery time - lacks coherence; thewhole thing is a jumble, as if the buildercould not see from one Palladian win-dow to the next. Whatever he lacked inintellectual integrity, a competentarchitect of 1925 did have a sense ofthewhole design and subordinated hisdetails to it rather thán exhibiting them,as so often is the practice today, like somany trinkets on the humiliated carcassof his building.

Right: The Longue Vu.e Club ín Penn Hillsh¡ts no real oostyle" under th,e usu.al classifi,-

co,tùxts, thnugh rural building in bothFrance and, England, øre hinæd at. Ratftrcr,

ít hns an air af long-esnblßhed gracinusrwticity, sophisticaæd, informality. Behindits appa,rent simplirity is artifi,ce The roofslaæs look purposely as if the u:eøth,er ofcetntri.es høs been at th¿m. The u¡alls' min-atre of rubble ønd thiclc morlør IooIæ nnllyartless, but th.e effect is uery cørefully con-trolled, æperæiae ha,ndq¡oaen tweed forcounfiy uear; behind the søne, it u:ell maybe, ß. brich.or euenhalkna tile-

W: T?æ Gothic arch has been as ubiquiøus, within íts shnrær perind, ofuisæncq as th,e Classi.cøl column. A Dønish Renaßsøtrce castl.e, an 18th-cenhtry Oxford college, euen a, Greek Reuiaal church in Ohin, haae accepæd

the poínted arch as a qtnbol of reli4inn or learning. In Caluøry EpiscopalChurch in Shad,rßide, Ralph Adams Cram used a personal irnprouisatian onEarly Englßh Gothic n symbolí,zc ø church u:hase roots were in Englønd,. Hehimself was an Anglicøn, índeed. øn Anglo-Cathnlic, and,for hùn tn use a stylewith En6Ißh associøtions in this cose was absohnely no,trrra,l. Th.ere is a linlemore behind, th.e ilesi.gn thøn thß, thnugh. T'læ smooth lirnesøne facing suits anurba,n church in a usay th,at a roughcr mnærial uould. nnt, thaugh the amplesitÊ and entnurage of kru hnuses keep transepæ and a spirefrombeíngfutíIeThe u:hale æpressinn ß generalized, succinct. Not skimped: but Cram usanÍed østrong, ællin6 design that would not be frítæred. away by ornament and thntwould, bear being seenfrom a considerable distanne" Ind,eed the spirq of whnsecompositinn h.e uos especially praud, shouts up as ø lþht, clearformfrom rnil.es

away- Despite the Gothic assocíatin¡u there ß a lcind of mod.erníty in the

apparer* sirnplícity.

Aboue: Alpha Terra,ce in Hþhlanil is, in drab reality, a double blockfrort of 2s row hnuses,plain brick brnes. But th,e build.er usould, rnt han¡e it seen ths. He sofoned t]æ hnuses to the eastthat thzy gù:e th.e ffict of ø ramblíng Queen Anne counhy hntue - or perhaps, hnusessqueezed, together. And the houses ta th,e west sa that they see¡n titte a. castþ or castl,es - wíthporch,es! - submitted to th.e søme treatÌrr.errf,. This sort of thing ß apt ø be írrita.ting, but here ítis beautiful. h may be something ø do u¡ith the scale: the wi.dlh of th.e street, th.e hnþht of thchnuses, thc dßt¡tttce thq are set bachfrom th¿ street. It rnøy be a lateni serue of drama, of thcmany indiaid'ual liues behind th.efacades that th.eir restl.ess aariety in møssing and uindou¡forms imply. lt may be a' naiue sense of corwiction a,bout the whnle absurd, thing th.øt wiruslrnpathy. Or som.e cotnbina.tion of th.ese.

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