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Pusrrsrlnn FoR THE MEMBERS oF THE PtrrssuncH HISToRy s{ LANDMARKS FouNDATToN No. L48 December 1997

z Historic Religious oFi In this issue: È Properties Seminar $ 4 Aids Wilkinsburg Ê A Future Way for Pittsburgh Church s 9 È Tax Credit Assists Garfield Development

IO Students Explore Knoxville and the North Side

15 Ca,laary EaangelicøI Lutheran Church, Ezra C. Stiles: at 809 Center Street ín Wilkinsburg. a Re-introduction

On September 4, the Pittsburgh History & Innd,marlts F ound,ation receiued the 16 following letter from Calaary Euangelical Pittsburgh Architecture: Lutheran Church in Wilkinsburg describ- Do You Live Here? ing the excellent economies they achieued, by implementing recommend,ations mad,e during an historir religious propertics Barbara Thompson of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church o,ccepts an Historic Religíous serninar sponsored, by Landmarks in 1994. Properties Grant certifi,cate from Alice Grell,er (Ieft), chair of Landmarhs' Historic Religious Properties Cornmittee, and Hou.nrd B. Slaughter, Jr., director of preseruation seraices o,t Land,marks. Dear Sir or Madam, Calv ary Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilkinsburg, participated in your energy consultation project in 1994.In 1996, we followed Ye ar-End some of the recommendations Memb ership Gifts that came from the energy audit. As a result, we have saved in price ($3,f+:¡ and have lowered our nâturâl Help Religious Properties gas consumption (approximately 40%). Specifics can be seen on the fwo enclosures. 'SØe Thanks to the year-end gr.ftsfrorn members thank Chubb Group Insurance Thank you for your help. in 1996 and, a gerærous contributionfrom Companies, Brenenborg Brown Group Peace, trustee Constarrce O'Neil" the Pittsburgh (an architectural firm), the Cleveland History & Lo,ndmarlts Found,ation award,ed, Restoration Societ¡ Hosanna House, close to #30,000 in grants and, technical and Conservation Consultants, Inc. for assistatrce to twelue churches during The Rev. Bruce Brunkhorst lnnd,marlts' Historic Religious Properties The preservation Conference on lYouember l0 at Rod,ef of Appr oximate G as [.] s age Shalorn Congregation. The churches will farnfüar and cherished use the moniesfor need,ed Before work After work much repairs chr¡rches and temples is 1995 Sept. 42 1996 Sept. 286 and, analyses. ttone Oct. 90 Oct. 48 of the most important tasks Grant requests were submitted Nov. 352 Nov. 305 Reuerend. Elíjah Thomas of Faith prior to the seminar, reviewed by a faeed by preservationistsrte Dec. 441, Dec. t66 Center Church of God in Chríst accepts committee of Landmarks' trustees 1996 J"n. 7094 t997 Jan. 450 according to Richard Moe, an Historic Religious Properties Grant Feb. 1.1.25 Feb. 1.67 chaired by Alice Greller, and awarded certifi,cate trustee Alice Greller Mar. 860 Mar. 233 based upon varying needs. The follow- president of the National Tþust fronx and Hotoard B. Slaughter, of Apt 583 Apt 205 ing churches received granrs: Bellefield for Historic Preservation. Jr., M^y 232 M"y 727 Landmarlts. Presbperian Church (Oakland); Brown otFailing Total MCF used 4819 Total MCF used 1987 He continues: to Chapel A.M.E. Church (North Side); MCF = one thousand metric cubic Church of God (Homewood); Church meet the challenge will mean maintenance. Representatives from of the Good Shepherd (Hazelwood); feet of natural gas the loss of landmarks that truly churches and synagogues attended the Faith Center Church of God in Christ conference. Anderson Little from WDUQ frrnction as the hearts souls Before work MCF for 9 months 4819 (East Liberty); First United Methodist and taped the conference for future broad- After work MCF for 9 months - L987 Church of Pittsburgh (Shadyside); of their commr¡nities.t' cast on his Sunday evening program. MCF savings: 2832 Hiland Presbyterian Church (North Landmarks plans to offer an historic Hills); Jerusalem Baptist Church (\7est religious properties conference and Because of 5o/o warmer weather in the "a{ter work" End); Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran period, participating in Landmarks' Historic grant program again in 1998. Members the adjusted drop in gas usage is 2690 MCF (North (and not 2832 as indicated by the actual totals). Side); Sacred Heart Church Religious Properties Conference. can help us accomplish this goal by (Shadyside); St. James A.M.E. Church Speakers from these groups discussed making a year-end gift to Landmarks' (East Liberty); and Wesley Center fund-raising strategies, energy conserva- Historic Religious Properties Initiative: A.M.E. Zion Church (Hill District). tion techniques, and historic properry please see the request on page 3. Page 2 PHLF News December 1997

In Appreciation Trustee Gift Benrfitt Library 'We reprint Robert Od,land's recent letter to I-ouise Sturgess, executiue cl,írector The Richard D. Edwards Library Fund was recently established by Landmarks to of [nndmarks. nith his permission: benefit the James D. Van Trump Librarg thanks to a generous unrestricted I recently received my Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The contribution from Mr. Edwards, a trustee and founding member of Landmarks. "Special Historic Buildings of Pinsburgh and Allegheny County-what a gifts from time to time have enabled us to create the library and its beautiful, coffee table type, inclusive book. It certainly is better handsome setting," said Landmarks' president Arthur Ziegler, "but Mr. Edwards' gift is the first to provide a continuing source of income to support the library. than the L985 edition which I treasured then and still do; now I -We are grateful Edwards' be used fully understahd why you can't compare the two books. . . . most to him." A portion of Mr. gift will to One thing I like about Landmarks is the satisfaction of knowing purchase new shelving. The balance of the fund will become a Named Fund and be invested in Landmarks' Endowment Fund; income from the fund be used to a little of my dues money goes into restoration of [historic houses] will for inner city people. . . . Yes, I enjoy the PHLF Neus and two very purchase additional materials through the years for the library. nice books I now have, but I often put first in mind seeing how The James D. Van Trump Library is located on the fourth floor of The Landmarks you've helped people enhance self esteem. Building at Stâtion Square. It includes books, periodicals, slides, and photographs on Thanks, architecture, historic landscape design, urban planning, and historic preservation. The core of the library is the collection of books and periodicals assembled by the Iate James D. Van Trump, co-founder of Landmarks. Substantial book donations ß-A"æôej*è-- have come from historian \íalter C. Kidney and trustee Evelyn Bitner Pearson. Robert Odland Dr. and Mrs. Albert C. Van Dusen donated an oriental carpet that now graces the reading room which is outfitted with antique furniture and graphics from Landmarks' collection. The library is open by appointment during the week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Welcome [Vew Members Please call Al Tannler at (L-412) 471-5808 to schedule an appointment if you would like (as of October 31,1997) to visit.

The Pittsburgh History 8< Landmarks Foundation welcomes the following new members who recently joined Landmarks. We look forward to their participation in our work and special events. In Memoriam: Meyer Berger (1912-1997) Dorothy and Glenn Baggley Lois Liberman ÌùØe regret the passing on November 8 of Meyer Berger, a long-time member of Michael J. Bigley Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Malmberg Dave and Sally Clark and family and family our Board of Trustees and an active businessman and philanthropist in the city Dr. Richard L. Cohen Mr. ô¿ Mrs. Philip Maye and nation. Stanley Cohen Katherine L. Miller A warm-hearted friend and strong supporter of our organizaîíoî, Meyer Berger Gary L. Ditch and family Tim Miller encouraged the development of Station Square and our efforts to restore the urban James A. Eckstein North Allegheny School District fabric of Pittsburgh. Trisha Elk Lucille O'Reilly J. He was one of the first people in the city to support the Maglev concept, primarily Susan Fletcher Our Lady of Grace School Ruth E. Gannon David A. Page because he realized that a right-of-way existed from the new airport to Station Square, Donna Gorman and family Mr. & Mrs.-lohn P. Ranson just outside the River Room where he so often dined. He foresaw the possibility Georgia V. Harrison Merry Lee Rogalski of creating a Maglev research, design, and construction faciliry and at one point Michael C. Heinzen St. Bernard School Parent Teacher proposed that the terminal be located in the east parking lot at Station Square. Laura Horton Guild Mr. Berger supported many civic organizations in the ciry and actively worked Van Hughes Marnie S. Sheehan for his principles of good government. He was a quiet, influential citizen who Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. South Park Historical Society Jones developed good businesses, but always gave priority to the civic good. .|oanne Kartsonas Alexander C. Speyer III 'W'e were fortunate that he was willing to serve as a trustee for Landmarks for Leon J. and Marie M. Bill Stickle Kazmierczak Edward Rhoads and Patricia so mâny years. níe offer our condolences to his family at this time. Mr. ô¿ Mrs. Allan Kennedy Stranahan Mr. & Mrs. Bill King Terence M. Tierney Mr. & Mrs. George E. Upper St. Clair School District Klingelhofer Mr. 8c Mrs. Philip L.'$lyche, Jr. Jennifer Kukawa John T. and Kerin N. Yates Special Gifts Roy and Rusty Kurtzrock The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation thanks Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Rubenstein for making a contribution to Landmarks in honor of the birthdays of James A. Eckstein, Dr. Richard L. Cohen, and Dr. Michael Friedberg. Mrs. Rubenstein is a trustee of Landmarks and we are grateful for her support. Welcome Corporate Members (as of October 31.,19971 Benefactors Partners Antique with Pitt Associations Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. Baker Mellon Stuart Victoria Hail Construction, Inc. On October 28,the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation accepted, on Chubb Group of Insurance behalf of the Fort Pitt Museum and citizens of Pittsburgh, a glass wine bottle of Patrons Companies c. 1750 from Jonathan Horne, a London antique dealer and member of the l(ent Machinery Company Duquesne Light Beckwith Archaeological Rescue Unit. The bottle was excâvated at Hayes Place, home of Perkins Eastman Architects, P.C. 'l7illiam Pitt the Elder, the Prime Minister of Great Britain who gave his name to A. J. Vater and Company Vestin \Øilliam Penn Hotel our city in 1758 through the agency of General John Forbes. Mr. Horne is in the United States to solicit American support for a new West Kent Archaeological Heritage Centre at Holwood House, Bromle¡ where William Pitt the Younger, also a Prime Minister, once lived. The present Holwood House is a later building, dating from 1825, but is by the eminent archi- tect Decimus Burton. The house will contain exhibits on PHLF News ìs publisbed times each year the members of the four for the younger Pitt and another well-known local inhabi- Pittsburgh History (v Landmarþs Foundation, a non-profit historic tant, William \Øilberforce, an influential opponent of þreseruation organization seruing Allegheny County. Landmarks is committed to neìghborhood restoration and historic-property preserua- slavery. Other exhibits will show Iron Age and Roman tion; public aduocacy; education and membership progrøms; and the remains from \lest Kent, and â portion of the house will continuing operation of Station Square, an historic riuerfront property be devoted to ongoing archaeological work. opp o site downtown P ittsbur gh. For individuals who wish to contribute, the address is: @ 1997 Pittsburgh History (v Landmarl

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Please consider making ø year- end, gift to support L¿tnd,marks' work in preseruing historic Albert C. Van religious properties in Allegheny Dusen, chaírman County. In, 1996 our members of Landmarks, and Margaret contributed to this cause and, Henderson Floyd as a result, iru 1997 Inndmarlts celebrate the awarded, close to #30,000 in release of granls and technicaL assistance Architecture after Richardson bfurther the restoration ffirß in .Iune 1994. oftutelue churches. Please continue your sqport so l,o,ndmarlr can continue to In Memoriam: prouid,e technical and, fi,nan cial a;sistance to owners of hi"storic Marg aret Flenderson Floyd (1932-1997) and ar c hite c tur alLy s i g nifi c ant religiow properties. The cost of

'S7e p rese ruing hi"storic religio us prop- The death of Margaret on October 18 Margaret's funeral was in Boston at architectural heritage. recognize and câme âs a shock to us here at the Church of the Advent, an Anglo- value her contribution, and will miss her erties is enormous, but with the Landmarks, even though we had Catholic church at the west end of greatly.'We extend our deep sympathy help of our mernbers, we will be known, for several months, of her Beacon Hill; its architects, Sturgis 8c to her husband Bill and family. able to corutribute rueed,ed,funds. câncer. For the past decade Margaret Brigham, were recent subjects of Contributions in her memorv are had worked closely with our staff. We Margaret's research. being accepted by: Yes, I would like to make ayear- had come to respect her as an architec- \Øe will remember Margaret as a Boston fuchitectural Center end contribution in the amount tural historian and care deeply for her. remarkable, energetic, and gracious 320 Newbury Street of$ Margaret first became acquainted women-full of knowledge and love Boston, MA 02115 with \Talter Kidney on our staff in for architecture in general, and for Attn: Sarah Dickinson ! My check is enclosed. April 1985 during the Society of Boston and Pittsburgh specifically. Please make your check pøyable Architectural Historians convention. As a result of her intellectual curiosity Checks should be annotated: to the "Pittsburgh History (r Among other projects-she always had and growing enthusiasm, she focused Mar gar et Floyd Memorial. Landm ar þs F oundation, " an d several going-she was researching the national attention on Pittsburgh's *HRPF." reference it to Pittsburgh career of Boston architect All gifts will be used to support Alexander'Wadsworth Longfellow Left to right: Landmarþs' Historic Religious and by extension his Boston-Pittsburgh Louise Sturgess, Properties Fund unless otherwise firm Longfellow, Alden & Harlow. Ma,rgaret specified by the donor. Landmarks eventually became Hend,erson Floyd., Margaret's publisher, and the book Waher Kidney, acquired an extra subject, the Pittsburgh and, Mary Beth I Please charge this to my firm Alden & Harlow. In the succeeding Pastorius. credit card: years, Margaret dropped in frequently tr AmEx tr Visa from her home in'W'eston, Massachusetts and her duties in the fut Department of ! Mastercard ! Discover Tufts, for energetic tours of the area, visiting buildings, conducting research, Name and making multitudes of friends. These trips provided such good experiences that the Floyds considered moving here after retirement. Had they done so, they City/StatelZip would have had a sizable circle of ready- Ar chitectur e after Richards on Inspire s Artist made friends and acquaintances. Her book, Architecture after Tim Engleman, an engineer and accomplished pen-and-ink artist, first Richardson, appeared in 1994, co- Please complete this form, learned about the'West End A.M.E. published by Landmarks and the enclose payment or the Zion Church from Margaret Henderson University of Chicago Press. As ever, appropriate credit card other projects were in various stages, Floyd's book, Architecture after information, and mail to: and it is a special sadness that Margaret Richardson, co-published by Landmarks missed, by a few months, the publica- ín1994. He was impressed by photo- Mary Lu Denny graphs of the church's architecture and tion of her book Henry Hobson Director, Membership Services decided to visit the church. Reverend Richardson: A Genius for Architecture, Pittsburgh History & Norman SØalker gave Mr. Engleman a with illustrations by an outstanding Landmarks Foundation photographer, Paul Rocheleau. tour of the church and described its '\Xle ministry. One Station Square, Suite 450 were fortunate to see Margaret Pittsburgh, PA 1"5219 -1134 twice this spring. She took part in the Mr. Engleman then contacted the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks memorial symposium for James D. Van pen-and-ink Trump in March, then in a May sympo- Foundation to offer his sale at The sium at Clayton. She was experiencing drawings for Landmarks A copy of the official registration and some health problems, but the cancer Store in The Shops at Station Square to financial information of the Pittsburgh History Ec Landmarks Foundation may be was disguised by another condition and benefit both the work of the \7est End A.M.E. Zion Church and that of obtained from the Pennsylvania Depart- when discovered was widespread. \7e ment of State by calling toll free, within kept in touch with Margaret throughout Landmarks. Pennsylvania, 1,-800-7 32-0999. Registra- her treatment, but nobod¡ here or in His drawings are exquisitely detailed, tion does not imply endorsement. facades Massachusetts, wâs prepared for such a showing building and architec- sudden end. tural details. For more information, Drauing by Tim Englnman of the call The Landmarks Store at West End. A.M.E. Zion Church. (1-412) 76s-1042. Page 4 PHLF News December 1997 J orl\ LA I\DMARI(S

Support the Pittsburgh Flistory & Landmarks Foundation in its work to: o Identify and preserve the architectural landmarks and historic designed land- scapes in Allegheny County; . Encourage and support the revitaliza- tion of historic inner-city neighbor- hoods through Preservation Loan Fund initiatives and programs; . Operate Station Square, the historic riverfront project initiated by Landmarks in1976; . Create tours, publications, and educa- tional programs on local history and architecture; . Educate the public about historic preservation through the resources of Landmarks' library and archives; . Continue a well-managed, responsive, and creative membership organization with the ability to implement these goals on a long-range basis. Membership Benefits . 10o/o discount at local historic Bed & Breakfasts and City Inns." o Free subscription to PHLF Neus. . Many volunteer opportunities. . 10o/o discount at The Landmarks ^Store in The Shops ât Stâtion Square. . Free access to our reference library in A aieu of the South Side slopes and.tlats,loolting t¡¡uard. Pittsburgh. The Landmarks Building at Station Square. . Discounts on, or free use of, all educational resources. o Reduced rates on tours, and invita- A Future Woy for Pittsburgh tions to lectures, seminars, and special events. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. "'Please call Mary Lu Denny at (1,-412) 471-5808 for specifics. \Øhy isn't Pittsburgh on the vacation Square, projected in the 1970s by many that we have should be channeled into Membership Categories map? queried the Pittsburgh City Paper Pittsburghers to be doomed to failure, creating a sound educational system that on September 10. It then answered the created 3,000 jobs, 1,34 businesses, and results in both a skilled and a cultivated Please enroll me as a member of question by saying that the Regional $4 million a year in parking and real work force. I7e should treat, as a prioriry the Pirtsburgh History & Landmarks Renaissance Partnership says that we estate taxes alone, and built a visitor matter, supplying venture capital for the Foundation. I have enclosed a contribution in the amount of would soon be bringing our downtown base of three million people a year; it entrepreneurs who are building firms of up to the standards of Baltimore, has become the selected destination the future so that they build them here. ( cb e ck ap p r opriat e cate gory ) : Cleveland, and Toronto, "cities for 86'/" of the people that come to Another major ingredient for the 'Western Individual $20 or more which are going the ballpark-cultural- Pennsylvania, according to renewal of Pimsburgh is securing Family $25 or more convention center route." the Greater Pittsburgh Convention and restoration of our older but still hand- 'Síhile School and Non-profit $25 or more there is no question about Visitors Bureau. Major grants from some and attractive neighborhoods. Senior Citizen $10 or more the value of these enterprises, we must the Allegheny Foundation and private The buildings and the infrastructure are Corporate Supporter $50 or more ask the question:'Would a duplication capital provided the financing already in place; good housing Corporate Member $250 or more for now Life Benefactor (one-time gift) of Cleveland save Pittsburgh? In spite of Station Square. deteriorated and empty can be rehabili- $5,000 'S7hile giving that city a brilliant fresh image, we should augment our sports tated as homes for many new residents, The portion of your dues exceeding $15 is the new subsidized stadiums, museums, and cultural venues, Pittsburgh must thereby curtailing sprawl over our glori- tax-deductible. and retail have not saved Cleveland. differentiate itself in the tourist market. ous'W'estern Pennsylvania countryside. 'Sle A copy of the official registration and financial At a recent meeting of the Cleveland are known world-wide as a steel A good public transit system-not new information of the Pinsburgh History & Landmarks Preservation Society, we learned that no town, and we should properly display highways that are instantly clogged- Foundation mav be obrained from rhe Pennsvlvania Department of State by calling toll free, within new industries have been attracted to our great contribution to the United should receive our keen attention. Pennsylvania 1,-800-7 32-0999. Registration does the ciry because of these investments States through iron and steel and our Finally let's make our development not imply endorsement. 'We and the city is losing 7,000 households a other major industries such as glass and processes inclusive. need a variety year. In our ne\Mspapers, we read that aluminum; that would bring people of ideas, a debate that aims for positive Cleveland's educational system is so from near and far. We should never solutions, ø welcoming of diuersity in dramatically failing to educate that the have torn down the J 8c L Plant on the order to infuse our city with the vigor Mayor wants to take over the school South Side, nor the Eliza Furnaces along and commitment of everyone. Please enroll me as a member of system. The subsidized downtown retail the Parkway across the river. They the Pittsburgh History Ec Landmarks Foundation. complex at Tower Ciry a magnificent should have become one of the great adaptive-use project, is not even strong museums of America, exhibiting the Name enough to ignite interest in the former enormously productive talents of the Public Poliey Pilot department entrepreneurs, managers, Street May Company store build- the the ing just up the street, vacant now for workers, and their families as they Projeet City years. Euclid Avenue, the prime down- built an industry that helped build our In July. an alìiance of organizations was town shopping street, continues to be at nation. !üe should show how these formed to combat developmental sprawl in State Zip- a low ebb, in spite of the fact that it leads intrepid people created transportation Pennsylvania, a problem especially in the Telephone directly to Tower City. The customers systems, developed towns, provided us southem part ofthe state. The National Tiust seem to be inside the Tower City mall, with a diverse architectural legacg and for Historic Preservation, Preservation Send check or money order to: not outside enlivening the streets. gave us an abundance of well designed Pennsylvania, and 10,000 Friends of The policy of the Murphy administra- churches, libraries, music halls, commu- Pennsylvania, an organization "to stren$hen Membership Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation tion in Pittsburgh of aiding avaríety of nity centers, and social organizations. the livability of the Commonwealth through One Station Square, Suite 450 new downtown retail operations rather If the entire story \Mere to be vividly told, better land-use planning," held a brain- Pittsburgh, PA I52t9-ll3 4 than focusing on funding one indoor it would constitute a magnet for visita- storming session and retreat in Philadelphia mall offers greater spin-off potential, tion. By supporting the Steel Industry in mid-August as a start to the three-year because this will create much more Heritage Corporation, we still have a project. According to a National Trust/ urban street life as people move from fine opportunity to do so. Preservation Pennsylvania announcement, '!le one store to another. have an extraordinary architec- "The short term goal is to educate the If we want to create tourism as a tural legacy here in Pittsburgh to show. general public and elected officials about major attraction, we know from devel- Visitors often express their astonishment the problems of sprawl, and to amend the Creating a Future oping Station Square that it can be at the diversity of architectural styles. state Municipalities Planning Code . . . . Pittsburgh by done, and without huge public expense. Let us promote our rich architectural The long term goal is to . . . enable the for \Øith only $1 million in federal grant heritage and current building projects, preservation movement to respond quickly Preseraíng lts Pust funds, a UDAG loan since repaid, and people will come. to any issue affecting historic preservation and no City or County money, Station A large portion of the fiscal resources inPennsylvanía...." PHLF News December I997 Page 5

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å From lcft to right: The Píttsburgh Child.ren's Museurn (formerly the Allegheny Post Office), the nou.¡-aacant BuhI Planetarium, and the Allegheny Regional Branch of the Carnegie Library (housing the Pittsburgh Public Theatre)-all surround,ed by the concrete of Allcgheny Center.

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S7e applaud the strenuous efforts of to close the Library, but a massive the Murphy administration and the citizens' movement led by our staff Mattress Factory to restore and resulted in the restoration of the build- redevelop the Federal North area of ing rather than its demolition. the North Side. Current plans indicate Our riverfronts are glorious areas, that two blocks of fine Victorian and good new uses will develop for buildings will be restored, the Masonic them through our citizens. But we must Hall brought back into good use, and concentrate our resources on augment- the Garden Theatre will become a ing our existing facilities rather than performance center. spending far greater sums to relocate But we are worried about recurring them. Open the processes up to a wide rumors that studies might be launched variety of viewpoints and vitality will to move the National Aviary and appear in manifold ways. Reinvest in The Pittsburgh Children's Museum to our existing cultural institutions that are the proposed stadium locations near located in our neighborhoods, and those the Carnegie Science Center. areas will be energized as well. The North Side has suffered from many depredations through the years and yet it remains a series of architec- turally significant and vital neighbor- This postcard aieus of c. 7910 shott¡s the original crossroad.s of the city of Allegheny, hoods bordering our most historic park, $/a t C h O Ut the Allegheny Commons. u¡ith Diamond Park. The North Side lost the Buhl Planetarium when it moved from Central North Side: like the Planetarium, it was Old Allegheny Post Office (restored and for Your 'We North Side to the North Shore area, a good attraction. are glad to see the donated to the Museum by our organi- where it stands alone in a sea of asphalt fine facilities of the Carnegie Science zation) and if the National Aviary were Post Office and concrete; and now it is going to lose Center and the new Tony O'Reilly to leave rather than augment its facilities the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, now in Theatre, but new uses must be found in the Allegheny Commons, Allegheny The U.S. Post Office has recently been the North Side Carnegie Library Music for the historic spaces that have been Center, akeady an urban desert, would closing many old and historic post Hall, to the Cultural District downtown. vacated. lose two of its three major oases, the offices in small towns in favor of loca- llhile the relocation may help the If the Children's Museum were to be third being the Carnegie Library. Years tions in the suburbs. Cultural District, it seriously hurts the taken from its wonderful setting at the ago, an earlier administration attempted Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, says: "It's a major problem. Downtowns âre the key to communities' viabilit¡ and these post offices are the key to the Maglev downtowns.'W'hen you close one or move one, the effects are devastating." Offi,cials inuol,aed with d,eaeloping the pro- We have one important concem regarding between downtown and the Airport, and Tiaditionally, the post office served as posed Magleu systemfor Pittsburgh inuited the route, and I expressed it at the meeting. Oakland as well. We also feel transit should a center for a small town or communiry. members of Inndmarks' staff to a presenta- The route does not serve residential areas, penetrate the füangle; your route does not However, with the burgeoning sprawl tion, on August 28, that wøs quite impressiae. but is more oriented to the suburban except at two edges. affecting much of the country, there has As the system is currently proposed, it would, commuter. In order to help revitalize and Finally, we will have a concem with the been a thrust by postal administrators to opera,te from the stad,ium area of the North sustain Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, we impact of the elevated system on Schenley follow the "big box" developers into the Side to the ed,ge of the Iliangle and on to would like to be sure that it would not pre- Park, the Civic Center, historic buildings, suburbs and strip malls. Oakland,. It would be uery beneficial to people clude light rail or another transit system that neighborhoods, sidewalks, and roadways. 'W'e If you hear that a post office in a who moae within that area, and, [o commuters would connect the neighborhoods surround- are not objecting to the elevated system good building in a town center is ro be who would, park at one of the proposed large ing the Golden füangle and those located in principle, but would want to work cooper- closed, please call Ronald Yochum at parhing garages (rt aant&ge points along the even farther out. atively with your team on ameliorating the Landmarks ãt (1-412) 471-5808. system. We quote from a letter written by We are, for example, concemed about a impact of the system asthetically. Arthur P Ziegler, Jr., president of line that only serves the North Shore attrac- As I said to you, Ìve would certainly like Lnnd,m arlæ, fo ll on in g Lhe meeting : tions like the stadium, which are used a to see a high speed system like Maglev limited number of hours a year, and does not operating from Pittsburgh across the Your planned route will be useful for serve the residential neighborhoods of the Commonwealth to Harrisburg and Phila- people who need to move from the North North Side. We would want to be sure that delphia, to Baltimore and Washington, and Side, the edge of downtown, and the funding would still be available for good west to Cleveland. Ifan industry can be Oakland area. It will also serve the com- transit to those neighborhoods and into created here to manufacture the Maglev muters who might take advantage of the line downtown and to other points in the county. system, you will be performing a fine and park at a perimeter garage adjacent to A second concem is that the line does not service to our community. one of the stops. However, whether that will go to the Airport. We think there is â press- be attractive will depend very much on the ing need to get â high speed connection total cost to park and use the system. Page 6 PHLF Nens December 1997 PnpsERVATroN ScpNp

Terrace Room ¿ F- In a combination of decorative work from its 191,6 orígÁ, previous remodel- þ ings, and the latest campaign of remod- eling, the Terrace Room of the \Testin \Øilliam Penn Hotel has been open for s about half a year now. The walnut paneling on the piers of the stately arcades is mediumJight brown, and the plasterwork above, including a heavy plaster Bedford School Lofts Jacobeanlooking ceiling, is almost wholly white. The upper parts Such is the new name of South Side's of the wall arcades are of mirror glass Bedford School, on the 900 block of above and of clear glass below, with Bingham Street: a rare Pittsburgh more mirror glass on the sides of the remnant of the Greek Revival that must piers that face the room. Louis be the city's oldest remaining school Scheutte's Seasons murals are long gone, building. The original fabric of 1850 has though The Recapture of Fort Pitt, undergone alterations and additions, yet painted in 1950 by Louis Szanto and The Market Street Roberts store in remains unmistakably a very old build- Andrew Karoly, dominates the east end 1907. This u)as replaced by one ing. As seen in mid-October it was still front of the large room in a restored state. Thompson's, a restdurant, in the nois¡ dusty phase of remodeling, for chaín Further color is added by an intensely The Shouse Flouse but enough was complete in mid- around 7928. blue carpet with many patterns in white Recently we reported that the Shouse November for an open house. Frontier i and very pale yellow, with some House in Glenwillard on the Ohio Lofts, the developer, is offering ten con- Roberts to Leave Wood Street Burgundy red, and pale-green uphol- River, built about 1840, might be dominiums, from 850 to 2,000 square In the heart of the Triangle, at Forbes stery. The general effect is much lighter, demolished. feet in area and with ceilings 13'6" Ío and \7ood, two buildings have long we infer, than it was in 1916. A notable Now, the Crescent-Shousetown Area L5'6" in height. Features left over from existed in unusual companionship. At change in plan adds a public bar to one Historic Association has called upon school days, notably pressed-metal the corner itself is what must be the bay near the mural, with seats in both Landmarks to provide technical assis- shallowest commercial building in the Terrace Room and main lobby out- tance as that organization works with Pittsburgh, about five feet deep along side. Another innovation is the presence the owner to save the house. \7ood Street, and alongside it the white of three imitation palm trees that rise Landmarks officials met with the terra-cotta front of the John M. Roberts nearly to the ceiling. Elaborate chande- owner and members of the organization & Son Co., displaying Grecian Doric liers and sconces bear tiers ofglobular and ascertained that it might be possible columns. The exiguous corner building lights that suggest gaslights, though of to have it share the house and its made the best of what was possible after course this modern hotel was fully restoration cost with the owner, who a widening of Diamond Street, the pre- electric at the start. could relocate his corporate offices there sent Forbes Avenue, which judging from rather than in a new building that he facade styles occurred in the 1920s. Downtown Retail Renewal contemplated. Roberts has had a more distinguished Landmarks Design Urban Retail Properties, Inc. of Chicago Associates history: founded in 1832, very much a Architects analyzed the cost of restoring ceilings, maple floors, and slate black- has entered into an agreement with the household word in the jewelry business, the building, estimâting $200,000, and boards, are being restored and left in City of Pittsburgh that enables it to first in a log house, by 1907 in a hand- Landmarks' attorney Elisa Cavalier place, but buyers will receive basic space serve as consultant and potential some Janssen & Abbott store building developed a series of four approaches (with utilities) to design and decorate as developer for creating nèw retail in the at 435 Market Street, and in 1925 in this for the Society and the owner to consider. they wish. A model âpartmenr is on vicinity of Fifth and Forbes Avenues quasi-temple on \7ood Street, with its At the time of writing the owner view. Frontier Lofts can be reached at downtown. In the area are a number monumental shop space some twenty was evaluating the possibilities that (1-41.2) 323-9220. of historic buildings, and although we presented, and no decision had yet Edge Architects were architects for many have been defaced with facade been made. the building remodeling, and Allegheny modernization, we hope that they can City Restorations were the contractors. be restored for the new retail. Some are \le understood, in mid-October, that aheady within the Market Square City GAR Room Found in work was about to begin on the Historic District.'We have submitted to Carnegie! Steve Leeper, the Ciry development 'We Mackintosh-Hemphill site directly were surprised to receive a call from across Bingham Street; the scope of this director, information on the buildings in James \7hite of the 9th Pennsylvania the area and requested a meeting with project is described on page 1,4 of our Reserves Reenactment Unit inviting us Urban Retail Properties. This effort by September 1997 PHLF News. to see one of the few remaining and the City could be important for the almost completely intact rooms of a continuing regeneration of downtown Carnegie, Pa., De-malled chapter of the Grand Army of the and we look forward to working on it Republic. \7e visited the room in the This June, the Borough of Carnegie with the City and the developer. Carnegie Free Library Carnegie, decided to undo a planning mistake and in and it is an incredible historic document re-open its Main Street, long made over that all possible in the once-fashionable pedestrian-mall Nominate Your Most tf at should be preserved. A great deal needs be done genre, as the old-time commercial street Scenic Highway ofwork to both on the objects and the room it once was: two lanes of traffic, parking The Federal Highway Administration itself. The room was inaccessible many lanes, and sidewalks. Officials found (FHSíA) is seeking nominations for for years, and the roof has leaked: pas- that, whatever theoretical advantages National Scenic Byways and All- the sage of time has had its there are to pedestrian malls, the theory American Roads. Roads must have toll. An effort has been launched to restore the room did not work in practice, necessitating a outstanding scenic, natural, historic, and the objects pub- three-block walk between parking and cultural, archaeological, or recreational within it to make licly available this unique shopping. Four years of collaboration qualities to be eligible. In addition, historic site. The narrouest cotnmercial build,ing Landmarks has prepared an outline with the Borough, the Carnegie Area byways' advocates must develop a in Pittsburgh, and the 1925 Roberts plan for a restoration program has Revitalization Effort, and citizens gener- corridor management plan for the road. and store. submitted it to a committee wishes ally have brought mâtters to the present Roads with the designation are that to restore the room. point, where an estimâted $4 million eligible to receive priority funding under from federal, State, and County grants feet high. Generations have visited this FH\71t's scenic byways discretionary and other sources is being sought. In warm-tinted, ever-quiet, almost hidden- gfant program. this reversal of a planning clock whose away interior, which is soon to be Nominations must be submitted chimes once sounded so sweet, Carnegie vacated. The firm will be closing in the to FHWA by December 1.5,1997. Cull Us middle of follows the City of Pittsburgh in East January. To obtain copies of the nomination Our staff wants to hear from you The Roberts store property has been Liberty and the City of Philadelphia guide and filing instructions, call the if you see or know of any historic sold for a7-Eleven. along Chestnut Street in Center Cit¡ National Scenic Byways Clearinghouse buildings that are threatened with where malling proved failures. at 1,-800-429-9297. demolition or that have recently been demolished. Ve need your help in covering the county. Please call Valter Kidney (L- 4L2 I 47 L-5808) and report what you know. PHLF News December 1997 Page 7

Landmarks Design Associares which Letters Praise serves as the project's architect. Missing only from the new construction are the Manchester House elaborate porches oftheir historic coun- terparts: a design amenity that budget Tour constraints simply could not permit. We are pleased to reprint the Phase Two of Hope M will begin in following letter to the ed,itor, published in the 1998 and involves an additional fifty August 27 edition of the Piusburgh Post- units of housing, ten of which will be Gazefle, and a letterfrom Thomas A. designated for elderly housing. Streeuer, uho originally had, called, on Currently MCC plans to renovate rhe behalf of Historic Manchester to ask if three-story brick building known as Inndmarlrs would, help plan iß Chatham Apartmenrs, which is adjacent rtrst annual house tour. to Manchester's existing senior citizen complex. The decorative moldings and On Aug. 17, I had the pleasure to bracketed cornice on the building will explore, for the first time, a new corner be restored while the interior will be of Pittsburgh. During the fantastic house refurbished to make it suitable for the I tour in historic Manchester, I was t lifestyle and limitations of its elderly thrilled to be invited inside rwelve residents. wonderful houses. I was charmed and The third and final phase of Hope VI The new made welcome by a number of the housing is to the right: |lumbers 7704, 1106 and rl0|form a continuous is the facade renovation program. row owners r¡f the houses. with the historic house at 1110 West North Auenue. Much of Manchester is on the National In this time of people rushing to live Register of Historic Places, and Phase in the suburbs and living in dull and Three will ensure that the facades, uninteresting houses, I was excited to porches, and architectural ornament New Housittg Maintains find this wonderfully diverse group of on structures in the Historic District are people choosing to live in those romantic restored to their prior splendor. houses. Manchester's Historic But Hope VI is not just about up- Those houses were filled with archi- grading the neighborhood. It is about tectural delight and such features as bay improving the skills of and providing Char acter windows, window seats, high ceilings, support services to the public housing tile, marble, beautifully patterned wood residents in the neighborhood. A host of There is much construction-with many Additional funding for the $25.5 million floors, stained glass, big rooms, fire- community organizations will partic- signs of progress-in Manchester these project was provided by the Urban places, generous wood trim, wood stairs ipate in this aspect of the project, which days. Anyone who has not driven or Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh with wide railings for sliding down-and spans all three phases. For example, walked through this North Side neigh- and PNC Bank. on and on. Manchester'Works is an initiative pro- borhood for some time will be asron- The Hope M project was ro be There were trees shading the streets viding apprenticeship opportunities for ished at the transformation that is divided into three phases over a three, and the lush gardens were extensions of youths in various trade occupations. occurring thanks primarily to the latest to-five year period. To be successful, the love lavished on the houses. Most of The participants will actually help with achievements of the Manchester Citizens the project would require juggling the the gardens were bright with color and the Hope M renovation and construc- Corporation (MCC) and the Hope VI sometimes disparate laws and aspira- fountains were splashing water. tion projects. Youths who successfully project. tions of government agencies, non-profit My thanks are extended to the citi- complete the apprenticeship will be To appreciate Manchester's present entities, and financial institutions. More zens of Manchester for their generosity awarded membership in the trade union beaury one should recall its ignominious importantl¡ the cooperation, enthusi- in sharing their special houses and of his/her choice. Other supporr services past. In the 1960s, Liverpool Srreer's asm, and faith of the Manchester com- gardens. include a GED program through the Victorian row houses were in serious munity generally and the public housing I appreciate being allowed to share Community College of Allegheny disrepair, and villa-like houses elsewhere residents specifically were critical. the vision of what an urban neighbor- County and Family Growth Services. were neglected. Utilitarian public Phase One called for the demolition hood can be. My wish is for the contin- Both Landmarks and MCC have housing, alien to the traditional archi- of over 100 units of public housing. ued success in realizing a dream for a worked diligently for thirty years ro save tectural style, was being erected. There The residents in these units had to be revitalized Manchester. Manchester from well-intentioned were tlventy-t\,vo nuisance bars, ten of relocated while new accommodations but ill-conceived urban renewal projects, them on Pennsylvania Avenue. The resi- were built. Of the public housing resi- federal housing programs, and simple dents were well acquainted with poverty dents who agreed to participate in Hope neglect. Both organizations felt that and crime, anger and anxiety. Across the VI, the majority were relocated to alter- Manchester had a quality and distinc- North Side generall¡ historic buildings nate housing in Manchester preserve 4ØGary F. Shaffer to tiveness that was too beautiful, a sense were lost: the Fort \7ayne Station in their ties to the community and mini- New Castle of community too strong, to let 1965,the Allegheny Market in 1966, mize disruption to their families. it perish. The Hope M project is the and Ridge Avenue mansions on the Currently thirty-one units of new or culmination of these cooperative efforts. Community College of Allegheny renovated housing have been completed. It is a testament to the tenacity of County site around the same time. Of these, twenfy units are designated August 20, 1997 The Manchester residents and the confidence creation of the Manchester for public housing and eleven units for Dear of the public and private secrors invest- Mary Lu: Citizens Corporation with the help of the home ownership component of the ing in the community. Landmarks began a turn of the tide for project. AII new buildings have been Thank you so much for the participa- The success of Manchester's first the neighborhood. Now, thirty years approved by the Historic Review tion of your organization in the 1997 house tour this year, attended by nearly later, Manchester has regained much of Commission and match the style and Manchester House Tour. It was a great 1,000 people, is indicative of how much its past glory. Gone are the nuisance scale of the existing homes in the success, as you know, with an official progress Manchester has made. bars; gone are the public housing mon- neighborhood, thanks to the vision of attendance number of995. All week we strosities. In fact, it was Manchester's have been receiving notes in the mail successes, set forth in a proposal praising the quality of the docents and co-authored by Landmarks, MCC, ¿ noting how well the tour was organized. and Stanley Lowe, that caught the eye E- To see that number of people in the of HUD director Henry Cisneros. streets of this community was a near s Consequentl¡ Manchester was chosen religious experience. . . . There were by the Department of Housing and many personal experiences related to the Urban Development as one of six homeowners by those who previously neighborhoods in the nation to partic- lived in the neighborhood or in their ipate in a novel program integrating particular house. public housing and home ownership We are hoping to take advantage of initiatives with job development, this momentum to spur us to action in support services, and neighborhood a number of other areas of concem to preservation. The prograrr is known this community and we look forward, as as Hope VI. always, to working with you in the future. Manchester's Hope VI project began Sincerely, in 1996.It combined an of public ^rray and private entities into a partnership including HUD, MCC, the Pittsburgh e?t ?,^/ Housing Authoriry and equiry invesrors Thomas A. Streever Ralph Falbo and Pennrose Managemenr.

The 1100 bloclt, of Liaerpool Street at Bidtnell, uith neu housing to the right. Page B PHLF News December T997

Taxes Can Destroy Your Retirement Plan Nlest ESg

Aside from one's house or an interest in a closely held business, retirement plans are often an indi- vidual's greatest source of wealth. However, Michael G. Stevens' article in the August 1997 edition of The Practical Accountant noted Worldwide that such wealth "could melt away as quickly as cotton candy" due Conference to confiscatory taxes. Among his suggestions was this: Consider on Urban bequeathing your retirement plan Development to chariry and using your other assets to make gifts to your spouse Fannie Mae Foundation Supports Members of our staff were invited and heirs. The reason? Your heirs once again to attend and address the stand to inherit far less through the Preservation Loan Fund International Urban Development retirement plan bequest. Here are Association conference held in Portugal On August 14, Evette Lucas of the improve the quality of life, in commu- this year, September 21 25. some sample numbers ("): through Fannie Mae Foundation came to nities throughout the United States. Each year we learn a great deal about Plan value at death $2,00C,000 Pittsburgh to announce its $250,000 A Program-Related Investment is development and preservation in cities Federal estate loan to the Pittsburgh History & essentially a low-interest loan to a non- worldwide. Shown above is Howard B. taxes (55%) - $lJqqJqq Landmarks Foundation during a press profit, charitable organ:'zation that is Slaughter, Jr., director of preservation $900,000 conference in Garfield. The check repre- involved with housing. Landmarks' services at Landmarks, talking with a sents a Program-Related Investment PRI will be used for the restoration of representative from a neighborhood in Income taxes (PRi) to Landmarks' Preservation Loan historic buildings for low- and moder- London that has seen very difficult (Fed. @ 39.6% Fund in the form of a three-year loan ate-income housing in Pittsburgh. times. Between 300 and 500 people and state) -_$l!Jqq at 2o/o intercst. According to Howard B. Slaughter, attend the annual conference. $506,500 Ms. Lucas noted: "The Fannie Mae Jr., director of preservation services Excise tax Foundation is pleased to make this com- at Landmarks, "The Fannie Mae mitment to support Landmarks' work Foundation's commitment allows (15% of $ over Landmarks to restore the many historic buildings Landmarks to continue to sustain low- $l million) -_$!qp9q in Pittsburgh." A private foundation income areas throughout the region, Continues Its Total remaining headquartered in \Øashington, D.C., by integrating historic preservation for hei¡s $356,500 the Fannie Mae Foundation supports and economic development strâtegies. Technical Assistance national and local non-profit organi- \7e are pleased to have the Foundation's Possibly more tban a 78o/o tax! zations working to provide decent support." to Maior Cities affordable housing, and otherwise ("" ) Tax rates may vary for a variety Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., director of of reasons including state law. preservation services at Landmarks, Stanley Lowe, executive director of the If you are planning to make a Housing Authority of the City of charitable consider using A gift of your appreciated bequest, Pittsburgh, and Scott Brown, CRA securities real estate your retirement plan. Estate taxes or can be used officer from Mellon Bank, met with and income taxes are not imposed to create a lifetime income for you representatives from Preservation these gifts charities, on to qualified and provide the Pittsburgh History Delaware, Inc. to discuss the importance such as the Pittsburgh History 8c of sustaining urban neighborhoods. & Landmarks Foundation with Landmarks Foundation. Other This was one of many meetings held this resources assets, such as stock, tangible much-needed to restore year in major cities. Howard also has personal property, or cash, which our hjstoric houses, churches, met with city officials in Boston, MA, Oakland, CA, Cleveland, OH, are not subject to the income schools, parks and gardens. You Lansing, MI, Philadelphia, PA, and and excise taxes, are more tax-wise 'SØheeling, can help revitalize a main street in WVA, among others. gifts to family members. one of our neighborhoods, provide Additional information and restored housing for low- to c overall tax planning advice may moderate-income residents, or put o be obtained from an accountant å or estate planning lawyer. an empty church or school back into use. Landmarks can put your securities and property to good work while bringing you: O CLYDE HARE, 1 985, FOR THÊ PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION $T Lifetime income from your gift is Public acknowledgment of your gift f# Federal and state tax savings Is Anything in Your ffi Avoidance of probate cost and estate taxes li}} Disposition of real estate and Neþhborhood Eligible for an Historic Landmark Plaque? SocIETY FoR Tun Youn Grrr Cnn :lî'i,iïi;ffi, Buildings, structures, and districts may be approved THE PRESERVATION OF for an Historic Landmark Plaque if all of the follow- Rrsronn Oun HenrrAGE ing conditions are met: iJiJ:,',å;ïï' . they are remarkable pieces of architecture, construction, or planning, or if they impart a gift to preserving our Western Pennsylvania heritage Honorary life 'srt* rich sense of history; membership. o alterations, additions, or deterior¿tion have not Duour$ilt ilrcllllE substantially lessened their vaìue in the above Call Catþ Broucek to discuss these donor options. 412-471-5808 respects; . they are at least fifty years old; Dedicated to the preservation of . they are within Allegheny County. thatwhich cannot be replaced Cn¡enuc A FuruRE FoR PTTTSBURGH By PnssrRvrNc Irs Pesr If you own a building or know o{ a building that fulfills these criteria, then consider nominating it for Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation an Historic Landmark Plaque. Call Cathy Broucek For a membership One Station Square ää Suite 450 :# Pittsburgh, PA :å\l 15219-1134 for details at (I-412) 47f-5808. please phone 381-1665 IT HeIp us bring public recognition to architectural landmarks in Allegheny Comry. PHLF Neus December 1997 Page 9

Joann Monroe Tax Credit Assists Garfield Neighborhood The second in a series of Development Housing Services community profi,les Unveils Mortgage Diane I. Daniels Although significant financing for the $1.8 million development came from Program government and non-profit sources, it Diane I. Daniels was able to proceed due to the financial benefit of the Low Income Housing Tax Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. Credit (LIHTC)program. LIHTC is of Pittsburgh (NHS) is a twenry-nine- authorized by the Internal Revenue year-old non-profit organization pro- Code and provides tax credits to moting the revitalization of inner-city investors willing to support projects neighborhoods by providing a variety of of this type. home ownership programs and educa- The Garfield project was awarded tional opportunities. * $150,689 in Low Income Housing Tax On October 21, NHS held a press / Credits from the Commonwealth of conference at the Andy \Tarhol Museum Pennsylvania. In exchange for the tax and motivated. . . a vlsron- to unveil its largest and most impressive Joyous credits, the Pittsburgh Equity Fund ar¡ dynamic leader: these phrases endeavor to date. Thanks to a $25 mil- (which is managed by the Pittsburgh describe Monroe, executive lion commitment from Neighborhood Joann Partnership for Neighborhood director of the Garfield Housing Services of America, NHS Jubilee Development and the Enterprise Social Association, Inc. (GJA). The proud has developed a creative non-recourse Investment Corporation of Maryland) mother of two adult sons, the first mortgage program called and The Enterprise Housing Partners grandmother of a thirteen-year-old "Home Ownership Now." 1994Ftnð (managed by ESIC) invested girl, and the wife of Byron Monroe The Home Ownership Now program over $966,000 in equity in the project. for twenty-six years, enjoys A renoaated house on Blaclt Street is a four-way partnership involving Joann Investors in these funds include local life and the delights and challenges in Garfield. Neighborhood Housing Services of and national corporations, including it brings. Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Housing In September 1,9 9 6, Landmarks' Mellon Bank, H. J. Heinz Compan¡ A native of the Hill District, Services of America, the Federal Home Preservation Loan Fund authorized a Equitable Gas Compan¡ National City is now a resident of Garfield. Loan Bank, and local lenders. Howard Joann loan up to 5267,000 to the Garfield Bank, and PNC Bank. In some projects, She was educated in the Pittsburgh B. Slaughter, Jr., NHS Board chairman Revitalization Partnership as although not in Garfield, the LIHTC Public Schools and earned a Bach- Jubilee and director of Landmarks' Preservation part of a comprehensive neighborhood may also be combined with the Historic elor of Science Degree in Psychology Loan Fund, explained that the program initiative to improve the quality of Rehabilitation Tax Credit to augment and a graduate degree in Public is designed to assist low- to moderate- housing for low- and moderate-income the tax credit savings even further. Administration with an emphasis income residents with home ownership residents. The initiative involves rehabil- Currently the Garfield development is on Personnel Management from the and home revitalization loans while itating eleven existing houses in Garfield. on schedule with eight of the eleven University of Pittsburgh. guaranteeing local lenders that NHS of The houses chosen vary in age, but houses rehabilitated and rented, and Looking at the development of America will purchase the loans on the all have character and architecturally stands as a local model of how tax- people as her hobb¡ consid- secondary mortgage market. Joann enhance the neighborhood. Upon credit programs improve neighborhoods ers her accomplishments to be Pittsburgh's NHS, which was the completion, eighteen units of housing by fostering public and private invest- working with people and assisting first NHS in the countr¡ was founded wi! be available to residents of Garfield. ment in the community. them in their efforts to seek through the cooperative efforts of employment, housing, and training. Landmarks, the Northside Chamber of These efforts have included work- Commerce, First Federal Savings and ing with young mothers and fathers Loan Association, and North Side resi- at the Hill House Association. dents. Since 1968, the Pittsburgh group Ms. Monroe's involvement with "'WIN" Loan: South Side has been used as a model for over L8L GJA spans a thirteen-year-period. nationally affilliated NHS organizations. Before becoming its executive Historic District director rn1992, she served on its years and Board of Directors for six The Travel Source is a full service travel Currently the interior of the building group participated with the for agency founded by Barbara ("Bobbie") is being renovated, including the L997 Historic years prior to that. She several Holt in 1994. She started her business removal of dropped ceilings installed by Black project to considers the Street by leasing a small amount of space in a previous owner, to reveal the original South Side Church be her greatest accomplishment The Landmarks Building at Station twelve-foot high ceilings. The Travel past decade, with GJA. For the Square, which was owned at the time by Source will take over the first floor, Tour and funders GJA, city officials, Pittsburgh 8< while the second and third floors will an affiliate of the History sponsored by locally and nationally have been Landmarks Foundation. The business become a city apartment for Ms. Holt working to rehabilitate the major quickly out gre\M this space, and then and her husband. Mellon Bank End the artery in the East section of leased new space on Penn Avenue. city. The project has been providing and the In June 1997 , with her Penn Avenue housing for low- to affordable lease expiring on September 30, South Side Local fami lies. moderate-income Ms. Holt contacted the Pittsburgh Development Company Black Street into focus "Bringing History Bc Landmarks Foundation and back to life has been important again to discuss the possibility of Saturday, December 13, 1997 me as well as to the community," to purchasing an historic, three-story Guided tours begin Il:00 a.m. she says. Other accomplishments building with decorative iron work on the area's hous- Ratures four churches and include working and a patterned slate roof, located at one former church plus a lour ing and economic development 2006 East Carson Street in the South development, and of historic points in the South Side. plan, workforce Side Historic District. Since this was a former Stanton fund-raising for the womân-o\Mned business in operation Tour goer" can choose lrom a Shopping Center, a 42,000- Heights for only four years, conventional bank walking lour o.r a riding tour in square-foot commercial space. financing was not readily available; an old fashioned trolley! \While planning for the future of therefore, Landmarks suggested a loan For information please call the Garfield communit¡ Joann says through its "\7lN"-Working In (412) 48r-0650. she has a deep concern for the Neighborhoods-loan program. youth She peo- Reservations required in the area. advises On September 15, a $90,000 \øIN possi- ple to stay in school, and if loan was extended by the Community ble, to graduate from college and to Development Lending Group (CDLG), clear goals. them to have set "I tell and an additional $75,000 loan was a true commitment and to complete extended by Landmarks through the to do no matter what they set out North Side Industrial Development 'l7est what obstacles may arise," she says. Corporation. View Savings Bank "The is to most important thing (one of the eleven independent banks believe in yourself and have a belief participating in the \ØIN program) will in a higher being." oversee the CDLG loan. 2006 East Carson Street Page I 0 PHLF News DecemI¡er I997

Il{eighborhood Walking Tour arld Mopping Exercise in j ¿\' Knoxuille w Students Explore Knoxv

taped in cor- On September 17, Landmarks rect locations orgarized a neighborhood walking tour on the map, and mapping exercise for 225 sixth- the students grade students at Knoxville Middle gathered in School. The school building, designed the school by Press C. Dowler in 1927, is an auditorium impressive structure and the surround- and reported ing neighborhood includes many hand- about interest- some buildings dating primarily from ing sights and the late 1880s to the early 1900s. facts. Fifteen tour guides from The walk- Landmarks-staff members, docents, ing tour and mapping exercise had sev- and architects who volunteered their eral purposes: time-led groups of fifteen students . accompanied by teachers and parent to give students the opportunity to be \I*= volunteers. Each group explored a explorers, and to discover and record different block in the neighborhood information; within a five-block radius of the school, . to encourage students to listen, look, and think critically; fur . to help students organize information through a mapping exercise; and

. to help students develop a sense of appreciation for the neighborhood surrounding Knoxville School so they feel a sense of belonging and respect for the community where they spend seven hours each day during the week! Landmarks coordinated this program at the request of Alice Lieb, arts educa- tion coordinator, and James \7right, The completed, principal of Knoxville Middle School. neighborhood, map, È- h The project is part of the Arts Infusion uith 225 photo- Program under way in the Pittsburgh grøphs in place. q Public Schools. fut-in this case the art of architecture-is used as a teaching tool to broaden a student's learning. Jucunda Street Ms. Lieb wrote to Louise Sturgess and in Knoxuille. Mary Ann Eubanks at Landmarks soon after the walking tour: "It is a pleasure a knowledgeable profes- è to work with t- o and each student was given a photo- sional arts organization whícb under- graph of an architectural detail to find stands schoolculture . . . . I am aware of p p along the way. Once all the students the time it must have required to pack- ! age present this'SØalk, and I am found the matches to their photos and and Ê completed several worksheets, all moved by your generosity on behalf of groups reconvened in the school play- this school . . . . Knoxville is delighted to o ground and taped the photos on a huge partner with Landmarks." o street map. Once all 225 photos were PHLF News December 1997 Page I I

Architectural Design, Competition fo, Westmorelund County Studerlts

The Mattress Factory Ga'rden on the North Side- ille and the North Side

early age, to year in a row we have more than I FOf the second consecutive year, make them 200 students eager to participate in Landmarks has organized an architec- understand this rigorous program, which shows tural design competition for about how a commu- how much they enjoy the format and 200 gifted students from schools in nity works, challenge of the design competition." 'Westmoreland County. and to help Middle school and high school them realize students met with Landmarks' educa- that urban Right: A resident of the Mexicøn War tion staff and docents on October 16 problems are Streets talks tnith stud.ents. Belotn: and 2\,respectively. They participated suburban A teacher and. students dßcuss aarious in an orientation session at the problems.'$7e uses for d. aacant Westmoreland County \Mant to engage Allegheny Regional Branch of the building. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on the young people North Side and toured the Federal in the process of managing their own North project, Mexican'Slar Streets, lives through hands-on involvement." and Mattress Factory. They learned In the next few months, students about adaptive-use proiects in the will work in groups to build a model Pittsburgh region and discussed what showing an adaptive use of a vacant or kinds of businesses, services, and places underutilized historic building (more neighborhoods need in order to serve than fifty years old) that they have residents and attract newcomers. found in the'\)Øestmoreland County Barbara Luderowski, artistic and execu- area. Each model must show the tive director of the Mattress Factor¡ exrerior facade of the historic building and Frank Moone, director of corporate and a cross section through the building, and community giving at Allegheny revealing the new spaces and uses. General Hospital, talked with students On January 27,1998, group members about the Federal North project. The will present their models to a iury of Mattress Factory is the developer of architects who will critique their work. "Garden Square North," the block of According to Sandy Cover, a teacher historic buildings on West North of the gifted in the Belle Vernon Area Avenue, Federal, Eloise, and Reddour. School District, "The students invest "Our chief goal," said Barbara quite a lot of time and energy in this Luderowski, "is to get people thinking project, and they use skills from all about the place in which they live at an academic disciplines. For the second

West North Auenue on the North Sid'e, A model of the Garden Square North project. Page L2 PHLF News December I997 - EoucATroN

The City as a Classroom In continuing education courses offered by Landmarks through the Allegheny \X/hat building would you most like to Intermediate Unit, teachers learn how to demolish? "The new enrich traditional classroom curricula Fore Systems building in The Pittsburgh History & through the study of local history and \Tarrendale. I don't like the fact that architecture. After touring city neighbor- it is tilted. It looks like it has a weak l¿ndmarks Foundation hoods, gaining an appreciation for local foundation and is sinking into the ünd history ground." and architecture, and participat- Hometowne Tþeasures ing in various art projects, teachers "My high school is rhe most drab, develop lesson plans incorporating the unexciting building. The building is present study of local history and monotonous with many rectangular Henry Hobson architecture in their shapes pur rogether. The interior is Richardson's classroom curricula. a boring shade ofgray. A school Some of the draw- should be interesting in order to ings by teachers in enhance learning." Allegheny County the summer Pitts- "Trimont Plaza, atop Mount Courthouse burgh Heritage class \7ashington." are shown here. The "I definitely want the photograph above new County to be demolished. Pittsburgh has captures a memorable Jail so much great riverfront property, moment during the which bridge-building #tþ they can do so much with, and yet they use a good porrion of competition, \Mhen it to build a hideous jail. If Pittsburgh the strongest of the "Architects is to become the corrugated cardboard design buildings and thriving metropolis other structures that it wants to be, it musr bridges was crushed that are functional, utilize its safe, and enormous riverfront properry. lü/ith by the "strongest" economical." beautiful riverfronts, people will teacher. \Xlhy do yow think you Luant to be øn want to live here and tourists will architect? want to visit. Pittsburgh should "-fascinated with appearance of build tourist artrâcrions and beauti- buildings; Architectural Apprentices ful buildings on its riverfronts. I wondered how Twenty high-school students interested -always think the new jail was a waste of Dimensians : ll" x 6 tl z" x 15' constructed; in pursuing a careef in architecture time, mone¡ and space, and should like science and art; are participating in Landmarks' -I be demolished." irst in the'?ittsburgh Architectural Apprenticeship this fall organized and business like -very Tì'easures'series of and winter. \ù7hen the class met in in firm; Tour Trivia'Winners handmade ceramic October for the first of five monthly -want to make lives more enjoy- able, Eva Emmerich, a member of sessions, the students were asked several better living spaces." replications of historic Landmarks, correctly identified the questions. The questions-and some of "I have known from a very young age Pittsburgh structures. Library Center staircase pictured on the the students' answers-follow: that I want to be an architect. I have Creaæd by Pittsburgh artists, Autumn Events tour flyer. She received a always been fascinated with the each limited-edition \X/ h at is Ar ch ite ctur e ? complimentary ticket to the Art Deco designing and creating process, and "The creation of artwork that is able lecture and tour in October. Frank piece comes with a I want to become a part of it. I love to function in the real world." Coyle correctly identified the First certificaæ of authenticity and to walk down streets and view the Presbyterian Church interior on the an historic "Architecture is the process of con- work of architecrs, and I always narrative from December Events invitation and received structing and designing buildings." wonder how they initially got rhe The Pittsburgh History & a complimentary ticket to the December idea and how they later put it to Landmarks Foundation. Vlhat does an architect do? 21 Church Tour and Carol Sing. form. In the future, I want to work "An architect expresses thought Congratulations Eva and Frank! Available at with people to meet their needs in through structure. Architects design The Landmarks Store an artistic yet functional and build to accommodare rhe way. I want to contribute to growing Historic Preservation on the balcony at everyday lives ofpeople and their regions and leave my St¿tion Square. environment in an artistic yet func- mark on the world with Classes Offered at my architecture." tional and practical way. An archi- Youngstown State 1412:765-t042. tï/hat tect designs and creates forms that is your fauorite building? Youngstown State Universiry now express ideas and that impact the Responses included PPG Place, offers information via the world wide lives of people." the Gulf Building, USX Tower, web about irs historic preservation "Architects create structures that Fallingwater, St. Bernard's Church classes and its Center for Historic serve specific purposes while in Mount Lebanon, and the Fore Preservation. The address is: expressing artistic form." Systems building in Síarrendale. http:i/www.cis.ysu. edr.r/as/history/ preservation. html PHLF News December L997 Page I 3

. Rudy Favretti, professor of Landscape History at the University At the of Connecticut. Professor Favretti is the father of historic landscape Neville preservation and is internationally recognized as the creator of the methodologies that permit the House re-creation of correct landscape settings for historic buildings. . Camille \7ells, professor in the Historic House Department of Architectural History Symposium Planned at the University of Virginia. Professor Vells is an authority on the farms and for April 1998 small plantations of Colonial Virginia. The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Her work has deepened understanding Foundation and the Carnegie Museum of horticultural practices and their of Art's Heinz Architecturâl Center are impact on the physical development co-sponsoring a symposium on April 22, of farm layout and buildings. 1998 that will bring to Pittsburgh a Landmarks anticipates that the sym- group of authorities on historic house posium will provide it with a better Docents Retta. Campbell (Ieft), Dorothy Plank, and' Daae Clark pose with Jamie restoration and interpretation. understanding of its opportunities in the Pennisi in Natiue American coslume. "Although The Heinz Architectural continuing improvement of the Neville Center's scope is international," said House and will, more broadl¡ serve to on eighteenth-century teen life, in both using various criteria established to aid curator Dennis McFadden, "it maintains further its efforts in educating the public the gentry and common class, as it in conflict resolution. To further compli- a principal interest in the architecture of in the understanding and enjoyment of 'Western 'Sle might have been experienced at the cate ân already difficult discussion, an Pennsylvania. are pleased to historic properties. Neville House. To demonstrate the strict actor dressed as a Native American co-sponsor this event with Landmarks." Members will receive an invitation etiquette of the time, students 1vere broke into the house and demanded The impetus for the symposium is to the symposium in the spring with given copies of George'$Øashington's food and a student hostage, to fill the Landmarks' ownership of "\Øoodville," further details. If you have questions Rules of Ciuility. Ãfter bowing and place of his murdered brother, thus the Neville house, which is the most in the nieantime, please call Barry curtseying to each other, the students dramatizingthe conflict caused by important eighteenth-century house Hannegan at (1-41,2) 471-5808. seated themselves at tables of four in the frontier settlement. Docents dressed in surviving in Allegheny County. The Great Room and, using reproductions eighteenth-century costumes refused his interior of the house has been restored of eighteenth-century cards, played request and voiced their opinions. through the efforts of the Colonial Fan Tan, a popular game of the time. Following this experience at the Dames to a state reflecting its original In the log kitchen, students discussed Neville House and visits to three other condition, and the grounds around the a modern topic-the Regional Renais- historic sites, students returned to building are now under study for devel- sance tâx-and developed opinions and school where they performed a play opment according to a master plan arguments with a teacher, or Neville about the \Thiskey Rebellion and pre- created by G\7SM, Inc. Neville House House docent, playing the role of pared and served an eighteenth-century Associates, a group of200 dues-paying moderator. \7hile students savored a breakfast for fellow students, docents, members, hosts special events at the slice of homemade rosemary bread, school officials, and community leaders. house and opens it in the summer on docents pointed out common character- Close to 300 people attended the break- Sundays for public tours, and also for istics between the Regional Renaissance fast and play, offercd on two sepârate private group tours by appointments. tax disagreement and the \Thiskey mornings. Students also will create indi- In addition to providing a suitable Chartiers Valley Rebellion conflict of 1794, involving vidual projects centered on eighteenth- visual context for the house, the Neville and his family. century life and will be encouraged to restored grounds are intended to serve John Launches Conflict Finall¡ the students assembled in the use conflict resolution strategies during as the focus for an expanded program Great Room and attempted to resolve the 1997-98 school year. of interpretative and educational events. Resolution Curriculum the Regional Renaissance tax discussion, The symposium itself will take place Ninth grade students from Chartiers in the morning of April 22 inthe Valley High School visited the Neville Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, House in October and November to followed by a luncheon for members launch the 1997 -98 Integrâted Studies of the audience who would like to meet BlockÆield Study Immersion unit. the speakers. centered on conflict resolution. The Participants in the symposium include: program originated with Robert social . Susan Borchardt, curator at Gunston Rodrigues, an award-winning at Chartiers Valley and a Hall. Ms. Borchardt is an authority on studies teacher the Agenda to Promote the documentary research for correct co-founder of restoration of interiors and furnishings Educational Excellence. immersion, in historic houses. During the field study students visit four historic sites: the . Edward A. Chappell, director of Neville House, Old St. Luke's, the the Department of Architectural Oliver Miller Homestead, and the Research at Colonial \üilliamsburg. David Bradford House. The historic Mr. Chappell's work has brought sites are used as an anchor for a about a drastic revision of our under- curriculum exploring eighteenth-century standing of gardening and ornamental life, the theme of change over time, horticulture in Colonial Virginia. and conflict iesolution techniques. . Roger G. Courtenay, principal, This is The Neville House Associates' EDAW Inc. Mr. Courtenay's firm, fifth year of participation. President one of the largest practices of land- Carole Bernabei, interpretation chair scape architecture in the country, is Retta Campbell, and education chair widely recognized for its work in the Dorothy Plank attended a series of restoration of historic designed meetings at the high school with United Way Volunteers Spruce Up the Grounds landscapes, including recently the teachers to discuss curriculum and It uøs eøsy to pull, weeds at the Neaill'e House on September 70, because it had EastPlaza of the Capitol and the then designed the supporting progrâm rained heøt:ily in the eørþ morning ønd continued. on and off throughout the elay- grounds of the National Cathedral in House. The¡ and fellow at the Neville Fortunøtely, the useøther d,id not d.ømpen the spirits of forty people from National l7ashington, D.C., both sites designed Rob Vindhorst, Hazel Peters, docents City Bønh and the I. C. Penney stare a.t Ross Pørh utho ca¡ne to the I{euiIIe House by Frederick Law Olmsted. Dave Clark, and Barbara Meharey, Ied to aolunteen They øeed,ed the la.nd'scoped bed,s and kitchen gørden, trønsplanted students on a tour of the house and flowers, and, cleøred. out d.ebris fro¡n the øoodcd ørea. a,t the bøck of the property. addressed the question: "\Vh.at if you We are grateful to Rob'Windhorst, a m,ember of Løndm'ørks ønd aolunteer horti- were alive in 7794?" The tour centered culturist at the Neuille House,for organizing the Unitedwa'y Døy of Cøring and' working uith the oolunteers, We thanh eoeryone for their help, Page L4 PHLF News December 1997

Special Book Price Now $49.95 CIJ.de Ifareê e Pictsbrrrgtr E: & Þô I Four Decades !

of Pittsburgh, Ê Frozen in Light T þ On the occasion of the opening of ê, "Pittsburgh Reùealed: Photographs Since 1850" at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland, the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is offering Clyde Hare's Pittsburgh for sale at 549.95.

Forty critical years of Pittsburgh's recent past are captured by documen- tary photographer Clyde Hare in Clyde Hare's Pittsburgh.The 168-page soft-cover book, 10 1/2" x 10 1/2", is: . a photographic work of art; . a visual document of the modern history of a major American city; . a unique record of Pittsburghers Creen Entertainment at Penn and Seventh and their daily lives; . the perfect gift for friends or Barry Hannegøn professional associates. I think it would be safe to say that one horticultural solution which would the topiary into greater regularity and Yes, I would like to order of the basic tenets of architectural grace a rather strident location and focus. The 1.,200 feet of grass pathways copy(ies) of C$de Hare's Pittsburgh. preservation, at least in its practice of yet be robust enough to meet urban show unmistakable wear, a testimony to is challenges. gets x $49.95 adaptive rehabilitation, the finding of The surprising resolution to the surprisingly heavy use the maze quantity total ne\M uses for existing buildings, new the design demands was a re-creation of and to the success of the interactive wine, essentiall¡ for old and still useful a topiary maze, one of the most vener- aspect of the design program. Children less 10% membership bottles. The relationship of the artifacts able ornamental features in western instinctively recognize the play potential discount of the past, often of the most pro- garden history. of the place (the traditional motivation nounced and distinctive forms, to the Labyrinth might well have figured in for the creation of a labyrinth), and pl:us 7To sales tax for an English garden some family matinees at the Benedum the PA residents expectations and requirements of the or German four fill present, is, I think, one of the leitmotifs centuries or more ago. Planned on a maze with young crowds. The greenery plus $2.00 for shipping of contemporary culture, in spite of grid, the walls of the maze ate planted has stood up to these assaults remark- and handling the break-neck rate of appearance of of Hicks yews, sheared and kept to a ably well. new buildings and sundry other forms height of about three feet. The two The sure signs of use, the delight of Total due of three-dimensional expression. entrances and salient points in the an unexpected revival of a significant E Check enclosed, payable to PHLF Traditional forms do not necessarily perimeter wall are marked by arborvitae type of garden feature, and the Trust's and referenced "C. Hare Book." have to retain their traditional meaning that act as accents in the otherwise policy of periodic change on this site (witness a train station transformed uniform height of the vegetation. The raise a question about Labyrinth's fate. I Credit card, into a restaurant), but often enough maze seems to float on its panel of turf, \íhen it has served the Cultural District, the intention or concept inherent in quietly drawing itself away from close could not the maze find a new home I AmEx I Visa an older work only serves to heighten contact with encircling sidewalks and either through actual relocation or n Mastercard n Discover our enjoyment of it when we find it buildings. re-creation at a new site? Some three or surviving or wholly re-created for The condition of the maze at the end four new, permanent homes have Account # contemporary ends. of its first season had some points of akeady come to mind, and if funding These few rather ponderous thoughts interest. The site's soil, if the ground for a new Labyrinth and for its assured Expiration have been prompted by the reappear- here merits such a designation, proved maintenance could be found, we could ance of a traditional form of garden to be made up chiefly of building rubble enjoy a much longer run for this green Signature ornamentation on the streets of down- and hard yellow cla¡ and the yews, entertainment at Penn and Seventh. town Pittsburgh. The streets are Penn intolerant of the poor drainage, have Please check one: Avenue and Seventh Street, and the not had an easy time of it. Several have Note:'Warm thanþs to Bill Widdoes of E I pl"tr to pick up my book(s) garden feature is a topiary maze, a form been replaced and more replanting is the Pittsbwrgh Cwltural Trust and to from The Landmarks Store at of decorative horticulture that flourished anticipated. The maze walls still need lim Loney for their cooperation. Station Square. in the princely gardens of sixteenth- growth to fill in properl¡ but next year (Please call 765-1042 to be sure the century Europe. The site belongs to the and subsequent shearings should bring book is there for you to pick up.) Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and is reserved for an on-going series of site-specific An illustration I Pl"æ. mail the book(s) to: works of art. The first of these was ;frorn Hortorum Täkamasa Kuniyasu's Season in Spiral Viridariorumque which, in accordance with the Trust's Formae, by Jan program of change, was removed to Vredeman De make way this past spring for Vries, published, in Labyrinth, a collaboration of the Antwerp in 1583. Address Etna-based artists Jim Loney and The desígn here, David Ludwig. The design problem was ancl the actual to create another site-specific work that Ciry State zip experience of would resist the hazards of an urban the maze itself, location (vandalism and especially are not far remoaed graffiti) and also provide a significant Phone from Pittsburgh's degree of viewer participation. Loney Labyrinth. and Ludwig worked their way through a series of ideas, moving toward a t PHLF Ne,u¡s December 1997 Page I 5

Ezra C. Stiles: a Re-introduction

Barry Hannegan

Over the .o,r.r. bf the last three years, to the reception area of Landmarks' and with increasing frequenc¡ I have offices will find on the wall there his noted gardens designed by Ezra Stiles. tvvo views of Pittsburgh, one showing it These have invariably demonstrated a in 1939, when the pair were executed style of great intricacy and sophistica- for the Union Trust Compan¡ and the tion that has piqued my curiosity about other a re-creation of the city in 1889, their creator. That curiosity has been the year of the Company's founding. both gratified and stimulated by the His delightful map of Frick Park is recent gesture of Ed Breyak, of Breyak- thickly peppered with tiny vignettes of Kutchko Nurser¡ who has shared with park activities: the trenchant observa- us a quantity of material which actually tion and vividly detailed rendering are came from the office of Mr. Stiles, with keys to his artistic personality. whom Mr. Breyak had a long profes- Enough survives of his work to allow sional association in the later years of Landmarks to plan a day tour of some the landscape architect's practice. This of his best designs, private and public, windfall, coming on top of my growing, in the Oakmont-Fox Chapel area. This now great, esteem for Stiles' gardens will take place next Jul¡ as Landmarks' prompts this article which will serve to 1998 garden tour. Landmarks members establish the name of Ezra C. Stiles in can be sure of ample notice when details these pages. There is every likelihood of the day âre settled. that it will appear here again. Having now a copy of his own brief autobiographical sketch, we are able to provide a few of the salient facts of his life and career.Ezra Clarke Stiles was a These tuo plans amply denxonstra.te Stiles' approach to garden design. The upper illustration shows his concept for a property (in native of Painted Post, New York in Fox Chapel. Begun in 7929, the gardens u.tere left unfinished. as o consequence of the Crash; hotueuer, most of the gardens the neighborhood of Corning), born on by far uere realized and exist to this day. The lower illustratíon record.s a larger property in Setøichley Heþhts uhich uas September 6,1891,. A descendant of an designed in 1938 and complnted. pretty much accordíng to Stiles' intentions. Both plans giue us only the areas immediately earlíer Ezra Stiles, president of Yale adjacent to the house, the portions deueloped along architecturo,Ilínes. University in the late eighteenth century, Stiles grew up in a family that main- Ahhough the extreme reduction here d.oes lose detail, enough remains to show the basic scheme of regular, u:ett-d.efined tained a tradition of strong, humane spuces linked' by axes intersectíng at right angles; these axes tahe their points of departure o.f the house-doors, education. Himself a product of Penn from features significant groups of windows, etc.-so that they and the entire ga,rden complex are in a single unit of spatial arud ¡,:isual State, from which he graduated in 19L4 fused articulation. These utere gardens that extended the liuíng capacities the house, houtet¡er with a degree in Forestry and Landscape of and formal these schetnes nløy seem to us, they u)ere nxeant to prouid,e the same comfort, charm, and as room house Architecture, Stiles started his career as utility any of the itself. a community planner in Charlotte, North Carolina, working, however, for It is u¡ell uorth noting here that both these gardens are ÍLou) being restored, uncler the guidønce of two of the area's best known gard,en d.esigners . u¡ish to John Nolan, a prominent landscape In their recoaer Stiles' intentions, the ou)ÍLers of the Fox Chapel property haae gone so far architect in Boston. His first association as to remoùe ø large suímming pool, a later íntroduction and, one, they felt, that cornpromised both the gardens and their with Pittsburgh came in 1915 when he thoughtfully calculated relationship to the house. joined A. \X/. Smith, an important garden design and florist firm, as a draughtsman. After participation in the American forces of World \ü/ar I, Stiles returned to A. \X/. Smith and Pittsburgh in 1921 and began his own independent practice in 1926Ln offices in the Renshaw Building on Liberty Avenue at Ninth Street. Stiles' work often demonstrated the large-scale planning skills inherent in landscape architecture. Housing devel- opments, school, parks, and industrial sites figure repeatedly in his oeuvre, and he is particularly remembered locally for his master plan for Fox Chapel Borough and for his collaboration with Griswold,'Süinters, Swain and Mullin and with Simonds and Simonds in the creation of Allegheny County's great system of regional parks. These were still engaging his attention at the time of his death in 1974. His residential work is widely scattered but found most abundantly in Fox Chapel and Oakmont; he often worked with Brandon Smith, the archi- tect, and between them they created a series of properties in the late 1920s and, when possible, in the following decade, that âre textbook examples of the best domestic design of that now- remote era. The rwo accompanying plans will serve to suggest Stiles' manner of handling landscape. A word should be said, even in this brief appreciation, of his skill as a cartographer. He made a speciality of bird's eye views, itself a format having a Iong history in garden depiction. Visitors Page 6 I PHLF Nens December 1997

PITTSB T]RGH ARC HITE CTT]RE: Do You Liue Here?

Waher C. Kidney

In *,. September issue of pHl F News, Hobbs begins with a mellifluous essa¡ station in the middle of Verona. Thus we \Mrote of a house in Leetsdale by followed in this case by a set of maxims; Hobbs: wrong client name, wrong Isaac Hobbs. The owners were kind we quote a little of each, to give you a town, wrong river. enough to send us a complete Xerox of sense of the mind behind the designs. Hobbs\ Architecture, If you live a book by the One wonders how Isaac Hobbs ever in an architect in Hobbsian Prose: which the design is featured. got his designs realized. He seems to be \7e fsaac Hobbs house, found very interesting the inclusion suffused with a superior Philadelphian A Sampler of eleven, possibly rwelve buildings in detachment from things out our way, Proportion-I mean in an artistic Allegheny County. One of these is the and we must wonder please let Walter Kidney if he ever saw the sense of the word-is playing, as it wooden Bellefield Presbyterian Church building sites. In the case ofthe were, tunes with angles, curves, of 1870, at Fifth and Bellefield Avenues; know by calling him at Leetsdale house, he calls it the house of and lines in such a manner that the others are houses, some also in the S. G. Coffin, at Edgewater on the they will at once impress the eye Bellefield area. (r-4L2) 47r-sB0B. Alleghany [sic] Valley Railroad. In fact, and judgment of the beholder with As was rypical of Victorian books in it is the house of J. G. Coffin, and the the sentiment you wish awakened, which an architect's designs were Ohio River settlement of Edgeworth is be it grave or sad, loveliness, gayeq1, published-sometimes for imitation, near by. Edgewater is indeed on the or frivolit¡ grand or beautiful, sometimes for publicity-architect Allegheny Valley Railroad; it was a be it in harmony with the surging

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Stone (or brick, or wood) "tutin Housefor "A. A. Carríer, Esq., Villa at "Beffield, near Pittsburg, du;elling, as builtfor H. S. BoUman, for of Bellfield [sic], three miles aboae S- S. Carrier, Esq." Pittsburg, Pa." Pittsburg." Hobbs notes,'owe haue seuen dtnellings and one church within uiew of thi.s buildíng." PHLF News December 1997 Page 17

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A painted. brick suburban residence A u¡ood, (or bríclt) American bracketed. A Gothíc church, uood. but sønd.ed ín "for a gentleman in Alleghany City." uilla'for Joseph H. Page, Esq., and imitation of stone, "situated upon the buib by him in the aicinity of East Liberty road. . . . about three Pittsburg." milcs from Pittsburg."

catatact, or the peaceful lawn and [L]earn the great truth, that master and leads the whole, aid- sylvan retreat; is devotion to speak harmony is the cause of beauty. ing, by the murmurs of the others, in its lines, or the empty laugh of Contrasts are to be used simply as the positive voice of the leading the clown? Tunes can be played accessories, in order to make [vari- spirit.... with lines as well as sounds; har- eties of beautyl felt. How many There is no excuse for ugly mony and discord are alike with miss in this principle! Artists, features to build up architectural both, the only difference is that architects, and others who fritter subjects but bad proportion. Place music demands the memory to away all the beauty by disjointed a statue upon your architecture, as link the note sounded with what contrasts, rendering weak and did the Greeks; if it harmonizes, was sounded before. SØith lines, all puerile that which should be whole the architecture is good, but ifthe is before you. Madam De Staël and grand. Do not imagine that I grotesque alone can harmonize defines architecture to be "frozen want a humdrum style. No; I with your work, you have not music." It is crystallized sentiment; desire variety. Variety of form, in reached the highest refinement . . . . and where its keys are touched by quantity, in appliances of every It is a disgrace to the a,ge that master-hands like the Greeks, its kind to produce it. Let the light- large, important, modern buildings tone is chaste solemnity; by the ning flash, the thunder roll, the have so little architectural merit; Gothic fathers, reverential devo- waves heave. Let them all co-oper- the good taste of the age is slan- tion; by the Egyptian, awful ate, and for a while be as one, dered to build the outrageous trash grandeur. . . . until the strongest force becomes (continued on page 18) Page I B PHLF Neu¡s Decemher 1997 PITTSBURGH'S LANDMARK ARCHITECTURE THE HISTORIC BU¡LDINCS Of ?ITISBURG¡I AND A!IECHENY COUh!TY

PITTSBT]RCH Architecture ARCHITECTT]RE: and the.W"orld of Faullcner's You Liue Do Here? f{ovels (continued from pøge 17) HOLIDAY BOOK William Faulltner and, the Tb,ngible Past: The Architecture of Yolmapatawpha ORDE,R FORM by Thomas S. Hines, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. $60.00 less membership discount The house was a gutted ruin ris- ing gaunt and stark out of a grove of Book description: unpruned cedar trees. It was a land- . 736-page casebound book; mark, known as the old Frenchman 9" x I1." place, built before the Civil War; a pÌantation house set in the middle of . Historical essay; guide to a tract of land; of cotton fields and 645 significant sites; maps; gardens and lawns long since gone bibliography; index back to jungle, which the people of r Approximately 68 color the neighborhood had been pulling photographs; 200 duo-tones; down piecemeal for firewood for fifty 1,300 b/w photos years or digging with secret and sporadic optimism for the gold which the Yes, I would like to order builder was reputed to have buried somewhere about the place copy(ies) of P ittsbur gb's Landmar k Architecture- when Grant came through the county on his Vicksburg campaign. . . . The gaunt ruin of the house rose against x $60.00 This is the Coffin house in Leetsd.ale. the sky, above the massed and quantlty matted cedars, Iightless, desolate, and profound. less 10% membership discount These words from Faulkner's Sanctuary indicate the meaning, the plus 7% sales tax for interweaving, and the symbolism of PA residents architecture in the prose of William Faulkner as he describes in book after plus $7.00 for shipping book his imaginary county in northem a¡ru^.^t rrdrrurl¡lËL^-lt:-- Mississippi, the area around Oxford. This book, through the authols Total due words and the beautiful brown duo- tones, shows many actual buildings that f] tt¿y check, payable to PHLF Faulkner "sublimated," as he put it, and referenced to the "PLA into the apocryphal Yoknapatawpha. Book," is enclosed. From the humblest hovel to the rudi- mentåry black church, to mansions and f] Pl."r. charge this to my courthouses, shops and air-strips, the credit card: historic towns and the pre-second World War II suburbs, one more readily tr AmEx I Visa understands the architectural lode I Mastercard I Discover that Faulkner mined. As the author The Brunot house in Verona looks uery Hobbsian. Perhaps this is uhat the says, "Architecture was important to ørchitect uas thinking about uhen he mentíoned the Coffin house. Faulkner personally. He had an eye and a feeling for the form, function, Account # and meaning of buildings in his that is constantly being thrown up in the mind, and not come forward actual surroundings, and he used in Philadelphia and other cities, to disturb the good. lhose elemenls of his Mississippi Expiration without proportion or good judg- It is well for a fool to praise the environment as the models for the ment. I could enumerate hundreds wise, but hypocritical for the wise architecture of his invented world: of absolute failures in design and to praise the fool. the town of'Jefferson' and the county Signature effect, when contrasted with their The difference between a wise 'Yoknapatawpha.' " cost-works of such proportion man and a fool is, that the fool The book, while conveying visually Please check one: that their size alone should make continually tries to do that which lhat same time-stopped dolorous effect themgrand.... he cannot, and the wise man tries of Faulkner's work, is an elegant 1l I pl"tr to pick up my book(s) to do that which he cân; therefore prod uct ion: the northem lVlississippi from The Landmarks Store at Guard the âvenues to the senses the fool may know the most, but, of Faulkner's imagination is here pre- Station Square. (Please call by good judgment, and let nothing by this bad judgment, he does not sented in its grave and haunting reality. 765-1042 to be sure the book is foul or unsightly enter without get what he expected. being accompanied by an idea that there for you to pick up.) -APZ,Jr. will reform it; then it will lie quietly I Pl."r. mail the book(s) to:

Name The Excursiorl Steo,mer Sunshine Ava C. Shaughnessy of Sewickley recently sent us this snapshot of a sidewheel excursion boat coming downriver in front of the Address PE¿LE Station. The presence of what is now Commerce Courr puts the scene at 1917 or after, and the presence of the now-gone trainshed puts it at 1935 or before. To be more specific, we rurn ro 'Way's City State zip PacÞet Directory and zero in on the one of three Sunshines that seems to Îit: a wooden-hulledboat 175 feet long, built in 1888 at the famous Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Indiana. First Phone used as a ferry boat between Louisville and Jeffersonville, it was then brought to Pittsburgh as an excursion boat in 1907.In1918 a Texas deck, a sort of maritime penthouse visible behind the pilot house, was added. The Sunshine left our area in 1921 or 1923, Thank you for your order. and thus our photo dates from 1920, more or less. Renamed the Princess, the boat wenr back to Louisville and burned in 1928. PHLF Neus December 1997 Page I 9

Membership Establish a Reception Honors l{amed Fund Awards of Merit and. Historic Landmarlc at Landmarks . Help restore an histori.c hotne in an inner- city n eþhb orho o d,. Plaque Recipients . Und,erwrite ø neþhborhood u:allt- ing tour ønd.mapping exercßefor Pittsburgh Public School stud.ents. On October 27, Løndrnarks Chairman à E: . Support the Albert C. Van Dusen and fuaard of James D. Van Trump Ê. Library Merit Committee Chair Betty Dickey at Land,mnrlt s. Þ¡ recognized the L997 Award of Merit Th"r" are just afew of the projects and Historic Landmark Plaque recipi- that you can help us øccomplish by ents during a membership reception in s establishing a Nam.ed, Fund, at the splendid GRW Theater, downtown, ¡, Løndmarlts a,nd, supporting our at the pre- Library Center. Don Riggs usorlt. sented an illwstrated lecture highlighting A Namnd, Fund is an unrestri.cted the accomplisbments of the recipients. contribution to the Pittsburgh Awards of Merit tuere presented to: History & Landmarks Foundation . I7estin'SØilliam Penn Hotel: for refur- end.ournent fund' and, is manøged according to Land.marks' then- bishing the Urban Room; appli,cable policí,es. Each Named . Nancy Eshelman: for adaptinglll9 Fund is giuen d ncrfitÆ) usuo.lly the Sarah Street as the Morning Glory name of the d,anor unl.ess another Inn, a bed-and-breakfast on the name ß stipulated. The Named, South Side; Funds are irwested,, and. their prin- . cip al b alanc e s adj us t e d annually Avery Abrams and Patrica Romeo: for to refl.ect gains and,losses in the adapting "Sunnyledge, " at 5!24 Flfth rnarlæt. Income from the N amed Avenue in Shadyside, as a City Inn; F und, supp ort s Landmarlt s' Reaerend.Dr. Zedric Coaston (Ieft) andmembers of St. Møtthew's A.M.E. Zion progra,rns. Ahhough the ultimate . University of Pittsburgh: for building a Church in Seuickley are applaud,edfor preseruing their church, nou) an responsibility detertniníng hota handicapped entrance for the Heinz for Historic Landmarlt. the u:íII be used rests 1t)ith Memorial Chapel in keeping with its .funds Land.marlts' B oard, of Trustees, original architecture; . Allegheny Vest Civic Council: for Løndmarks uill dßcuss the use of rehabilitating and restoring the exteri- the Named Fundwith each donor ors of six vacant buildings on'Süest if he ar she wishes. Named Funds North Avenue on the North Side; may be established uith gifts of money or securiti.es. . Allegheny Historic Preservation F or odditinnal informatíon on Society: for cleaning and pointing establßhíng o Named Fund. or Calvary United Methodist Church in questions regardíng your existing Allegheny'West on the North Side; Fund, pl.ease cøllArthur ZicgLer, Phipps Hoffitot, or Cathy Brou.ceh . Borough of Emsworth: for successfully at (1-412) 471-5808. undertaking the Emsworth Business Gerry Meyer, business manager, a,nd Revitalization Project during the Sister Arthur Tipping, princþal, are Borough's Centennial in 1,996; Larry Schweiger, president, a,nd congratulated by Don Ríggs for receiu- Remember to Shop Cynthia Carrow, executiae uice presi- . East Allegheny Community Council, ing an Historic Landmarlt Plaque for at dent, a,ccept an Au:ard. of Meritfrom Inc.: for organizing residents of several St. Colman School. TH¡ LINoMARKS Sronp Betty Dichey on beha,l,f of the Western Deutschtown streets on the North Side boliday gifts. P ennsylu a,nia C o ns eru anc y. in the successful campaign ro creare a The following sites and districts were for City Historic District; awarded Historic Landmark Plaques: Members receiue a 10o/o discount .'Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: . Community Design Center of . Allegheny lØest, North Side; on all merchandise. for rehabilitating Burke's Building on Pittsburgh: for creating the Fourth Avenue, downtown; ¡ All Saints Church, Etna; Renovation Information Network; THn LeNprrnRKS SroRE . . The Church Brew \Øorks: for adapting ¡ Brentwood Historical Society: for St. Matthew's African Methodist Balcony Level St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic advocating preservation of the Davis Episcopal Zion Church, Sewickley; The Shops at Stâtion Square Church in Lawrenceville as a brewery 765-1042 and Cowan farmhouses in Brentwood, . Dilworth Traditional Academy, and restaurant; and for supporting Historic Landmark East Liberty; . Samuel Land Company: for restoring Plaque nominations; . St. Colman's School, Turtle Creek; the Sellers-Carnahan house in ¡ Tom and Teri Streever: for renovating ¡ Shadyside; 1220West North Avenue in Hartwood Acres, Indiana Township. Manchester;

. Christopher Kerr: for renovating 14L0 Pennsylvania Avenue in Manchester; Join the Pittsburgh LnNDMARKS ¡ Elizabeth Craig and Ennis G. \fard: History & Landmarks Foundation 'Welcomes for renovating 1339 Page Street in for a Manchester; Houoey CnuncH PITTSBURGH . STEELERS Dale T. and Linda J. Allerton: for Toun AND Canor Smc SPoRTS, INc. maintaining the Reymer house at AND VICTORIA HALL 1132 \Øest North Avenue in Sunday, December 21 Manchester; 2:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. as Corporate Frank Shield.s (Ieft) of CStone- ¡ Member Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. David Oliver: for The tour bus departs from Pittsburgh Trust, lnc. ønd, Norris, of the Jack creating a log home in Sewickley Station Square president of The Ga,lbreath Company, Pittsburgh History & Heights from a salvaged cabin, barn, 815 members; $25 non-members accept an Award, of Meritfrom and timbers. Landmarks Foundation. Betty Dickey. Celebrate the holiday season with a bus tour to three Gothic Lan dmar k s dp pr e ciat es th e churches: St. Benedict the Moor commitment of . The Galbreath Company: for renovat- in the Hill District, and First Pinsburgh Steelers Sportq Inc. ing the Frick Building, downtown; Presbyterian Church and tinity and Victoria Hall Cathedral downtown. in helping øs create a fature for Pittsburgh Reservation deadline: December L5 by preseruing its past. Call Mary Lu Denny at (l- 412) 47 7-5 808 for reservations. Page 20 PHLF News December 1997

The Hazeluood Cohe Plant ín the mid 1960s. Though not a u)orlfr of aisual art, the Hazelwood Coke Plant u:as includ.ed in the Guide

s e ction o;f Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture, our recent boolt, because of its powerful spectøcl.e.

Steeltown's Last Casp Waher C. Kidney

In the early fall, we were facing the end soon began to smolder. The ground-

of Pittsburgh, within the present city level doorway to the oven, be it said, tt I -l ,ri_=" .o_--ì _F s_2 limits and after two centuries, as a place had been bricked up temporarily so that -tr-;a;I le3-6- for the production of ferrous metal. The a bare half-inch at the top remained I **=-* I\l^ Hazelwood Coke Plant, in production open to admit air. The smoldering \Ment since 1884, was to go out of business, on for between forty-eight and ninety- and not to universal public lamentation. six hours, and many of the volatiles Untll 1919, the coke used as a blast- liberated from the coal burned in the furnace fuel was produced in mighty process-but some did not. \7hen rows of beehive coke ovens that stood coking was completed, the doorway in ranks from South Oakland, just masonry \Mas torn down, the coke was east of the Eliza blast furnaces, into dragged out, caught fire on contact Hazelwood. In 1920 the Pittsburgh with the open air, and was quenched CLA'! FILLING CLAY.FìLLING 'Süorks still had 1,820 of these obnoxious with water to save it. At the same time, \^r'ÉLL TAIIIPED WELL TAMPED coke producers, though 300 Koppers unconsumed nasties, notably hydrogen by-product ovens were already in sulfide ancl sulfur dioxide, were released Section of a beehiue-oaen bdttery. operation. into the air. In the case ofthe Pittsburgh 'Works, ln a beehive coke oven operation, a the prevailing westerly winds larry car, pulled by a truly unfortunate carried them up and over Greenfield around thatyear, Squirrel Hill architec- mule, ran on tracks above the ovens, and Squirrel Hill. Around 1910, settle- ture seems to impl¡ people were ready then discharged its load of "metallurgi- ment in the southern part of the latter to venture south of Forbes Street cal coal" (deemed less impure than neighborhood was very thin, under- though complaints about air pollution "steam coal") through a trunnel hole standably. The beehive ovens were fully have survived to the present. into a massively walled, domed oven replaced by by-product ovens, which LTV has not set a date for closing, that had absorbed so much heat from trapped the volatiles and refined them though the end of 1997 appears to be previous charges that the new charge for commercial use, only Á 1926: approximately right. The age of the Hazelwood coke batteries-about forty Beehiue ouens clt Hazehnood in the early tuentieth century. years while twenty-four years is the average working life-is the reason given for the closing. LTV, faced with total reconstruction costs of $400 to $500 million, prefers to close down, buy its coke from other sources, and some day perhaps build anew with an advanced coke-making technology that will obviate environmental problems that the present plant creates. '$7e are saying farewell then to all that has given this city its identity in our own eyes and the world's for nearly tlvo centuries. The neuer-ending drudge, in a maga- As we have pointed out in "A Future zine illustration of 1888. \Vay for Pittsburgh" on pâge 4, we lost the chance to save the Eliza Furnaces, but perhaps here we have a chance to save a battery of coke ovens and a quench tower at the least.