Protecting the Places that Make Home

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PublishedP forH the membersL of the PittsburghF History &N Landmarks Foundationews No. 158 December 2000

In this issue: 7 Landmarks Lends $580,000: Projects Under Way in , Deutschtown, Lawrenceville, and Homestead 10 Caring for Pittsburgh’s Finest Buildings: Improvements to the Courthouse; The Old Jail Remade 13 Of Dry Goods and Dinosaurs 14 Landmarks’ Educational Programs: In the Schools and on the Streets

Fifth/Forbes Heathside Cottage, a Gothic Revival house of c. 1855 in , looks southward over the and Pittsburgh from a vantage point 400 feet up. Quite remarkably, the vergeboards and other sawn-out trim have survived along with the Victory diamond-paned sash in the windows. The Mid-Victorian design is delicate and inviting. Judith Harvey is bequeathing Heathside Cottage to Landmarks. On November 22, Mayor Tom Murphy called Arthur Ziegler, president of Landmarks, and others ’ to announce that Nordstrom’s Judith Harvey s Legacy to Landmarks would not be participating in the proposed redevelopment of Judith Harvey Upon his return to the office, Tom question was: What could Landmarks Fifth and Forbes at this time, and not only loves passed this news on to Jack Miller, do to help her maximize the benefits that the City would begin looking Pittsburgh: she has director of planned giving at Landmarks. of her gift? at alternative redevelopment saved an important “When Tom told me about his visit, After several meetings and discussions plans for the area. The Mayor part of it. I knew we had an opportunity to do with her advisors, Judith decided to also announced that Urban Retail In 1992 Judith something special for Judith,” said Jack. make her gift during her lifetime. In this Properties would no longer be came across a small “When I called, I was overwhelmed way, she could receive significant tax considered for the project. notice in PHLF by Judith’s passion for Heathside benefits by creating what is known as a On November 27, the Mayor News announcing Cottage; when I visited, I couldn’t Retained Life Estate (RLE). met at Landmarks with preserva- that Heathside believe the time and effort she had spent As the creator of an RLE, you irrevo- tionists, merchants, and property Cottage in Fineview was for sale. Built preserving it.” cably deed your primary residence, owners to discuss the Main Street around 1855, the house had fallen into Since Judith already intended to vacation home, or farm to Landmarks, plan for Fifth and Forbes. Mayor disrepair. Nevertheless, when Judith bequeath her house to Landmarks, the but you retain the right to live there for Murphy agreed that eminent saw Heathside Cottage, she fell in love the rest of your life (life estate) or for a domain would not be used to with the Gothic Revival cottage and term of years. The property does not acquire properties for new Following Landmarks’ Board of development. “This is a major bought it. have to be architecturally significant to Trustees meeting on November 9, step forward,” said Arthur, A retired librarian and 20-plus-year make the gift, but Judith’s is. Judith led trustees on a tour of “and culminates two intensive member of Landmarks, Judith While you continue to live on the Heathside Cottage. years of work by our organiza- researched the history of Heathside property, you also continue to be tion, Preservation Pittsburgh, Cottage and turned it into a showplace. responsible for all expenses. If you later the merchants, and many others. Between 1992 and 2000, she spent decide to leave the property, you may We are grateful for widespread thousands of dollars restoring the house rent all or part of the property to some- public participation and support to its original architectural integrity. In one else, or sell it in cooperation with and appreciate the state and 1996, stories on Judith’s efforts were Landmarks. national help from Preservation featured in Mt. Lebanon Magazine and The benefits an RLE includes are: an and the National on WQED’s North Side Story. immediate federal income tax deduc- Trust for Historic Preservation.” Heathside Cottage is on the National tion; possible reduced probate and “We appreciate Mayor Register of Historic Places and was estate taxes; and total control of your Murphy’s positive call to work recently awarded a Historic Landmark property until you decide to leave. together to strengthen the Fifth plaque by the Pittsburgh History & Since Judith’s primary objective was and Forbes historic retail area,” Landmarks Foundation. to preserve the property, Landmarks said Richard Moe, president of Earlier this year, Tom Keffer, super- also suggested that she place a facade the National Trust for Historic intendent of property maintenance at easement on Heathside Cottage prior Preservation. “We see this as an Landmarks, was delivering the Historic to setting up the RLE. This assured that opportunity for a comprehensive Landmark plaque to Judith when she her preservation wishes would be met initiative that builds upon the mentioned that she wanted to bequeath area’s great strengths, especially Heathside Cottage to Landmarks to its historic buildings and existing businesses. The National Trust preserve it for future generations. (continued on page 3) stands ready to help.” Page 2 PHLF News • December 2000

Diana L. Reed Jane L. Souser Adam C. Reese Frank Spagnoli Welcome New Members Carol Remmick and family Nancy G. Spear Melvin D. Rex Nancy and Robert Spears (As of October 5, 2000) Julia Hilgard Ritter and family and family Deborah and Ed Roach Spring Garden Elementary School Laura and Charles Rosas Roberta Stackowitz THANK YOU FOR JOINING! Your membership strengthens our Ann Rose Chad J. Stacy Sol H. Ruben Nadine B. Stanislaw organization — and brings you benefits, too: discounts at several Seppo Saarinen Al Stavish and famly Frank A. Sacco and family Steel Valley School District Bed & Breakfasts (see page 19); free walking tours and postcards; Elaine C. Sadowski Peter H. Stephaich and family St. Bernard School Charles E. Stewart and invitations to special events. For the most up-to-date news, Pam St. John and family Leslie Stone St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Kelly Stroup check our Web site at www.phlf.org. Church Sustainable Pittsburgh of the Pittsburgh Technology Council Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thompson Allegheny Traditional Academy The Cigar Factory Keith Kinard Times Project Organization Mr. & Mrs. William B. Amis, Jr. City Theatre Company John L. Kisic Dane Topich Ark Ministry United Holy Church Laura Colhouer and family Bonnie and Aaron Klein and family I don’t know why Doris C. Trapp of America Congregation Beth Shalom Lorraine Klein Geneva M. Twyman Richard Armstrong Kevin Conner Paula S. Knerr I didn’t join James L. Tyrrell & family Tom Balduf Frank D. Conroy and family Doctors Barbara and Sam Kolmen Karen Tysarczyk Lisa M. Banyas Maria Constant and family years ago. Earl Utz and family Ronald A. Baraff Ronald T. Conway and family Josephine Kowalski Davida van Mook and family William J. Baumgarten Mary J. Copeland and family Arlene Krava I’ve admired what Mary Lois Verilla and family Mary B. Baxter Robert E. Cotton LDA Companies you’ve all done Lynda Waggoner Debbie and David Beachler Beekman W. Cottrell Agnes Labbett Ronald Wahl Vernon J. Bebout Jan and Frank Craig Joseph Lagana for our wonderful Scott Wahlstrom David Begg and family Janice L. Crum Diana Lagattuta Mary Kay Walsh Elizabeth A. Berkely Arlene Danowski Verna Laman hometown! Mrs. Frederick Walters Francis A. Berry Mr. & Mrs. James Dauber Phyllis Lamberger Conrad Wangeman Beulah United Presbyterian Church Ann Decker Carol K. Lampe James D. Wilson Waverly Presbyterian Church Joseph R. Blasko Erin Denham Dorcas E. Leibold Weil Elementary School Guy E. Blelloch and family Dave DeNinno Michael Leigh Sarah C. Welch Board of Public Education Evelyn and Joel Diamond Carolyn S. Levy Tim Wesley Mark Boehm Linda Dickerson Frederick Li Terri West and family Gerard J. Boscia Robert Dieterle Emil R. Liddell and family Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Westinghouse High School Bob Dimsa Stephanos M. Lignos Orthodox Greek Catholic Elementary School Janice W. Donatelli Jason A. Lin Church James J. White Dormont Presbyterian Church Paul Lockwood and Mark Moffett St. Thomas Memorial Church Miriam A. White and family Marianne Dougherty Timothy Logan Todd J. Scales Patricia M. Wilcox I just returned Miles D. Ehrlich Lorraine K. Loiselle Melanie Schafmeister and family Nathan C. Wildfire The Ellis School Bernice and Rich LoPresti U. Carlo Schiaretta and family Beverly G. Wilhelm from a six-day visit to Emmanuel Episcopal Church Helen Lorinc Frank J. Schiller and family Mary and Ron Wilson Dr. Eileen Aiken English Stanley A. Lowe Francis J. Schmitt Lynda Winner Prague, where my Church of the Epiphany Keith M. Maiden Mr. & Mrs. Alan Schorr and family Ashley R. Wisniewski Kathy A. Falenski Lara I. Malakoff Jennifer E. Schulz Dennis P. Wodzinski appreciation for historic Fallingwater Rachel Markowitz Carolyn Schumacher Tawnya Zemka Family Enterprise Center Carol Marsiglio Paul Scott Kathy Ziegler preservation grew Janet Felmeth William J. Marvenko Kathi Sekara Matthew S. Zielinski First Lutheran Church Stefanie R. Mathew Leon Semins Zion Christian Church exponentially. Seeing First Presbyterian Church of Corrine McCarthy and family Charles H. Shade Mr. & Mrs. William L. Zoller, Jr. Castle Shannon Dee and John McClay Belynda D. Slaugenhaupt Grace Zortea the great things they First United Methodist Church of N. Louise McClenathan Candace Sleeman Pittsburgh Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. McCombs Jon Smith have done with Andrea Fitting David R. McMunn and family Phil Smith and family Joanna and Paul Fitting Barbara Meharey and family Smithfield United Church 700-year-old buildings Karen H. Foley Craig Melichar Forest Hills School District Peter R. Merrick really puts it all in Forwood Group Lauren M. Merski Lee B. Foster Society perspective. Eric J. Frost Linda Mihalic Welcome Corporate Members Christine Fulton Christine Milcarek and family (As of October 5, 2000) One of my first Romaine Fulton Sally Miles Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Fulton Hotel Developer, L.P. Delvin Miller Benefactors orders of business upon Richard Garland Minority Enterprise Corporation of CB Richard Ellis/Pittsburgh Fulton Hotel Developer, L.P. Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Gaston Southwestern Pennsylvania Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Graham Realty Company returning was to send Michael A. Gesk Jessica L. Mooney Inc. Frank P. Hess & Company, Inc. Klaus K. Giese Mr. & Mrs. Michael Morris Federal Home Loan Bank of Hilb Rogal and Hamilton in my membership L. A. Glasco Anne Morrison Pittsburgh Company dues to PHLF, where Audrey Glowacki and Rich Unger Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield IKM, Inc. John D. Godfrey and family Church Oxford Development Company K. P. Builders, Inc. I look forward to Laura M. Golembiewski Gregory J. Mucha Victoria Hall Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Chris Gove Robert Muchow and family Laurel Savings Bank continuing to help you Graves Architects, Inc. Marcella Mulvaney Patrons MBI Tours, Inc. Greenstone United Methodist Vanessa L. Munas Dollar Bank Mellon Bank Church and M. Victoria Geddis, Anita Murray and family with your mission. Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Mine Safety Appliances Trustee Judy Neelan Visitors Bureau Neville Chemical Company Thanks again. Mary Guering Fred Niepp and family Molly’s Trolleys Frances E. Harkins Albert J. Novak, Jr. and family NorthSide Bank National City Bank of Jason Altmire Megan R. Heilmann Now and Then Antiques Port Authority of Allegheny Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Heilmann Old Europe Pennsylvania County and family David O’Loughlin Sargent Electric Company John M. Hepburn Patricia Palmateer Partners Workingmen’s Savings Bank Wendy J. Herold Janice and Michael Payne BankPittsburgh Susan Hockenberry and family Robert B. Pease and family Bognar and Company Associates Brashear Association Betty Hollenbeck Marlene A. Pennington Burrell Group, Inc. Pytlik Design Associates Francie J. Brentzel Robyn Hollingshead Faith and Barry Pennypacker Ferry Electric Company Eleanor Britza Brushton Community Perfido Weiskopf Architects Brown Chapel African Methodist Collaborative James W. Perrin Episcopal Church Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Howard Mark Perrott and family Brushton United Methodist Church Thomas Ernst Huenefeld Lee Phillips Michelle L. Buczynski James Huntington, Jr. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical John P. Burgess Cheryl Hurley Gardens David A. Burkhard Kimberly Hurst Pittsburgh’s Cathedral Hall James S. Buzzanell Julia B. Hustwit Ida Popko Cable Design Technologies Indovina Associates William H. Portman and family William R. Cadwell William Jacobowitz Gary Prasser Corrections to PHLF News Brian W. Cain Grady E. Jensen Jill and David Pratt The cover photo of the April 2000 No. 157 issue does show the Calvert Memorial Presbyterian Jesus Is the Way Church of God in Corinne Price Church Christ Primary Health Care A. T. Lewis Building, as was stated; however, that building is Amy M. Campbell Doris D. Jones Kristopher D. Pritchard located in Denver’s central business district and not in Lower Cheryle Campbell Kevin Jost Prospect School Downtown Denver, as was stated. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Adrienne A. Kapisak Lou Prosperi On page 5 of the February 2000 No. 156 issue an incorrect Branch William J. Kassling Judith H. Quaglieri Carolyn Carpenter Jeanne G. Kaufmann Gail D. Quigley Web address was given for Old St. Luke’s in Scott Township. Patty and Joe Chalovich Kaufmann’s Department Store Dolores and Thomas Quinn and The correct address is: www.oldsaintlukes.org. -Houston High School Jayna K. Kellner family We apologize for these errors. Fabiana Cheistwer and family Barbara Kennedy Bonnie C. Reed and family PHLF News • December 2000 Page 3

Landmarks Loses a Champion Your

No progress, though, was being made “The amazing thing about Connie Help is Our long- on Buena Vista Street—where the houses was that she came to us with her time trustee were in very poor condition—until ideas and concerns,” said Arthur, Needed Constance Connie stepped forward and made a “and helped us create programs to Hillman Oliver major personal commitment of time, address the problems she saw in the YOUR YEAR-END GIFT TO O’Neil passed energy, and money. neighborhoods. She contributed, LANDMARKS helps preserve away on Connie saw the beauty in a dilapidated became personally involved in our important historic religious September 3, Richardsonian Romanesque house at work, and never requested any properties in Allegheny County. 2000. Arthur 1201 Buena Vista Street. It had a special recognition. Connie raised Through its Historic Religious Ziegler, sandstone facade, handsome interior our sights, heightened our goals, Properties Initiative, Landmarks president of woodwork, and a coach house at the and championed our cause. She will gives grants and technical assistance Landmarks, described Mrs. O’Neil as back of the lot. Connie bought the be greatly missed.” to churches and synagogues for “one of the most elegant—and pioneer- building and hired the Landmarks bricks- and mortar ing––women I have known; she was restoration crew. Many unexpected projects, stained committed to revival of the inner-city problems arose, but she continued and Constance Hillman Oliver glass restoration, neighborhoods.” carried the project through to comple- O’Neil Memorial Fund roof repairs, and Born in Augusta, Georgia, Mrs. tion. Five new tenants moved into the Contributors many other mainte- apartments, which are occupied to this O’Neil was one of four daughters of the (As of November 21, 2000) nance projects. family of James F. and Marguerite day. By restoring the Buena Vista Street Since the Wright Hillman. The family moved to house, Connie set an example for others We thank the following people and program’s inception Pittsburgh in 1914, and and helped arrest further organizations for their contributions in 1997, Landmarks Mr. Hillman later deterioration in the in memory of Connie O’Neil. These has given just over became the president neighborhood. gifts will help us strengthen our neigh- $235,000 to help and director of the Connie’s commitment borhood restoration and historic 60 churches and Harmon Creek Coal expanded beyond the religious properties programs which synagogues make Corporation. Mexican War Streets to Connie so generously supported improvements to As a young woman the Boyle-Loraine Street during her lifetime. their historic build- attending the Masters area of the North Side ings. This is a remarkable accom- School in Dobbs Ferry, and to Manchester. As a Constance and Stephen Bray plishment and has only been NY, Connie became member of the Garden Bureau of Topographic and Geologic possible because of the generosity interested in art history. Club of Allegheny Survey of the Department of and continuing annual support of Conservation and Natural Resources Following graduation, County, she supported our members. Once again, your she continued her the construction of two The Cass Family year-end gift will ensure the contin- studies while living in tot lots in Manchester Mr. & Mrs. Clinton L. Childs, Jr. uation of Landmarks’ Historic Florence. In 1937, she and the creation of a The Darby Family Religious Properties Conference married John C. Oliver, community garden pro- Anna Belle and Donald G. Darnell and Grant Program in 2001. Jr. of Sewickley, who gram on Liverpool Street Althea R. Gorman 1201 Buena Vista Street: shared her passion for and in the Boyle-Loraine Gertrude and Arthur Hetherington ■ Yes, I would like to make a year- saved by Connie O’Neil. historic preservation, Street area. The Garden Harry S. Hull, Jr. end contribution in the amount conservation, and com- Club also promoted a The Hulverson Family of $______. munity—interests they passed along to window-box and small-garden program Kathleen Heaney Krzywicki that has continued for 33 years. That their four children: John C. Oliver III, Mr. & Mrs. G. Christian Lantzsch ■ My check is enclosed. effort also led to the creation of an out- Marguerite O. Standish, James H. Mr. & Mrs. James W. McAndrews Please make your check payable Oliver, and Sally O. McVeigh. After door meeting area at Brown Chapel Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Miller, Jr. to “PHLF” and reference it to Connie’s first husband died in 1989, A.M.E. Church and to the restoration of Persifor S. Oliver “HRPF.” All gifts will be used to she later married George P. O’Neil. the church itself. support Landmarks’ Historic When Landmarks launched its Historic Pennsylvania State Park Officers Mrs. O’Neil’s expertise in art history Association Religious Properties Fund unless proved to be an asset when she became Religious Properties Initiative in 1994, Furman South III otherwise specified by the donor. involved with Landmarks in the late Connie became a very generous donor. Robert N. Standish, Jr. 1960s, in the Mexican War Streets Her lead contributions from 1997 to Name neighborhood revitalization effort. 2000, combined with year-end member- Judge & Mrs. William Standish Arliss W. Sturges At that time Landmarks was restoring ship gifts, enabled Landmarks to award a Address historic houses on Taylor Avenue, total of $235,000 to 60 churches and syn- Mrs. LeRoy Thompson Monterey Street, and Resaca Place agogues in Allegheny County. Without Mr. & Mrs. Marvin M. Wedeen City/State/Zip with its Revolving Fund for Preservation her support, Landmarks would not have Mrs. Ward A. Wickwire, Jr. that had been created through a major had the resources to meet the needs of so A. M. Wiggins, Jr. Phone E-mail grant from the Sarah Scaife Foundation. many historic religious property owners. Mr. & Mrs. Ledlie W. Young, Jr. ■ Please charge this to my credit card: ■ AmEx ■ Visa ■ Mastercard ■ Discover Judith Harvey’s Legacy to Landmarks Credit Card Account # (continued from page 1) Expiration and resulted in an preservation,” said Landmarks’ presi- NOTE: The information contained in this article should not be construed as legal or tax advice. additional chari- dent Arthur Ziegler. “Planned gifts Credit Card Signature table deduction make it possible for many people to Persons considering any planned gifts should first discuss them with their personal financial and/or Phone E-mail for the value of follow Judith’s example.” legal advisors. Gifts of real estate are reviewed by the easement. Says Judith: “The cottage has no Landmarks on an individual basis and must meet When the ghosts. It does not creak, squeak, or criteria set forth in our gift acceptance policy. Please complete this form, enclose life estate ends, groan. On the windiest of days, it never To learn more about creative ways you can leave payment or the appropriate credit Landmarks has makes a sound. However, there is much a legacy to Landmarks and western Pennsylvania, card information, and mail to: please contact Landmarks’ Web site at the right to communication between Heathside Mary Lu Denny sell Heathside Cottage and me. www.phlf.org or contact Jack Miller, director of planned giving, at 412-471-5808, ext. 538. Director, Membership Services Cottage and use “It has come alive in its rejuvenation. Pittsburgh History & the proceeds from It is not a house that speaks loudly and Landmarks Foundation its sale to under- with enthusiasm. It just quietly thanks One Station Square, Suite 450 write monitoring the easement and to me and wraps itself around me in love Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1134 preserve other historic properties in and security. Allegheny County. “I hope it is able to do that for A copy of the official registration and finan- “What Judith Harvey has done future generations and that they in turn cial information of the Pittsburgh History & shows that there are many creative will love it back.” Landmarks Foundation may be obtained ways to support the cause of historic from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. Page 4 PHLF News • December 2000

Contributions & Gifts There are many ways to give to Landmarks. Our members and friends make contributions in support of specific programs or in memory of a loved one. They also give memberships as gifts or donate goods or services. We thank the following people and corporations for their recent contributions: AWAAWA Program Support • Mr. & Mrs. David M. Brashear, for their gift to the Brashear Family Fund to support Landmarks’ scholarship program for high school students who are going on to college (please see the story on page 20); • Carl Wood Brown, for his contribution to support Landmarks’ publications and educational programs; • CB Richard Ellis/Pittsburgh, for its gift to support Landmarks’ downtown walking tours on Wednesdays in the summer months; • Michael Douglas, for his gift to support our preservation efforts; • Mrs. Martin Faberman and Mrs. S. Raymond Rackoff, for their gifts to support our preservation programs in honor of Mrs. Farrell Rubenstein; • the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, for its gifts to support our preservation programs; • Richard Garland, for his gift to support our education programs; • Mr. & Mrs. David L. Genter, for making Edward Chappel’s February visit to the Neville House possible; • Alice Patton Greller, for her gift in honor of Mary McDonnell to support Landmarks’ Historic Religious Properties Initiative; • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Hornstein, for their gift to support our preservation and educational programs; • The Roy A. Hunt Foundation, for its gift in support of our special Historic Religious Property grant recipients gather at Landmarks’ annual conference, projects; held this year on October 3 at First Lutheran Church, downtown. • Carol F. Manes, for her gift to support our preservation programs; • and The Silver Cord Interdenominational Association of Ministers’ Landmarks Awards $56,850 to Wives and Ministers’ Widows, for their gift to support our preserva- tion programs in honor of Verna Slaughter Shields. 20 Historic Religious Properties

Gift Memberships On October 3, Landmarks held its • Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran • Greg T. H. Davies, a trustee of Landmarks, for giving the gift of fifth annual Historic Religious Church, Perrysville Avenue membership to Kevin Conner, Dave DeNinno, Bob Dimsa, Lee B. Properties Conference and Grant • Old St. Luke’s, Scott Township Foster, James Huntington, Jr., William J. Kassling, Timothy Logan, Program. Members from 50 churches Barry and Faith Pennypacker, Gary Prasser, Lou Prosperi, Seppo • St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. attended the seminar in the beautifully Saarinen, Scott Wahlstrom, and Tim Wesley; Washington • Mary G. Evans, for giving the gift of membership to Paul Ryan; restored First Lutheran Church, downtown on Grant Street. • St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox • Stanley Lowe, for giving the gift of membership to Keith Kinard and Church, McKees Rocks Paul Scott; Alice Greller, a trustee of Landmarks and chair of the Historic Religious • Anne-Marie Lubenau, for giving the gift of membership to her • St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian parents Anne and Joel Lubenau; Properties Committee, announced Orthodox G. C. Church, Carnegie • Carol Marsiglio, for giving the gift of membership to Charles H. grants of up to $3,000 to each of the • St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, Shade; following churches: Strip District • Jack and Donna Miller, for giving the gift of membership to Joe • St. Thomas’ Memorial Episcopal and Patty Chalovich, Clarence Gerst, Judith Harvey, John and Church, Oakmont Dee McClay, and Mary Lois Verrilla; • Deirdre and John Ralph, for giving the gift of membership to • Waverly Presbyterian Church, Suzanne and William Milon; City of Pittsburgh • Lucille Rawson, for giving the gift of membership to Robyn • A.M.E. Zion, Hollingshead; and • Zion Christian Church, • William B. Salsbury, Jr., for giving the gift of membership to John M. Hepburn.

Corporate Matching Gifts • Chevron Products Corporation, for its gifts in honor of William C. Bickel and Jack D. Burgess; Alice Greller, a trustee of Landmarks • R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, for its gift in honor of and Chair of the Historic Religious Rolland Beatty; Properties Committee, and Reverend • IBM Matching Grants Program, for its gift in honor of Lawrence Thompson of Brown Chapel Mr. & Mrs. James E. Brashear; and A.M.E. Church. • Norfolk Southern Foundation, for its gift in honor of Allen T. Bankson. • Ark Ministry United Holy Church, Wilkinsburg Memorial Gifts • Beulah United Presbyterian Church, • Ruth and Dick Brunermer, for their contribution in memory of the mother of James Murphy; Churchill Tom Keffer, Landmarks’ superintendent of • Bernadine Hespenheide, for her gift in memory of Sylvan Green; • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, property maintenance, offers advice to • Margaret S. Stouffer, for her generous gift of E’Town Corporation North Side many religious property owners. stock, in honor of Reverend & Mrs. W. A. Jones and Mr. & Mrs. • Brushton United Methodist Church, John P. Moore; and Brushton In addition, four churches will be • Dr. & Mrs. Albert C. Van Dusen, for their generous gift of General • Calvary United Methodist Church, receiving technical assistance from Electric stock in memory of Mrs. Oliver W. Brown, to be matched by Landmarks’ staff, an in-kind contribu- the Buhl Foundation. Allegheny West tion valued at $6,000: • Calvert Memorial Presbyterian In-Kind Contributions Church, Etna • Ark Ministry United Holy Church, • Mine Safety Appliances, for its gift of 25 hard hats (customized • Dormont Presbyterian Church, Wilkinsburg with the PHLF logo!) and 25 safety goggles for use in Landmarks’ Dormont • Grace Christian Ministries, Homestead educational programs; and • First Presbyterian Church of Castle • Greenstone United Methodist Church, • Giant Eagle, for donating 200 disposable cameras for use in our Shannon, Castle Shannon educational programs. Avalon • First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran • Jesus Is the Way Church of God in Church, Christ, North Braddock • First United Methodist Church, / PHLF News • December 2000 Page 5

Station Square Expansion

Forest City Enterprises, the owner of Station Square, has announced a major new investment in Station Square. The plans call for intensive development of the center parking lot across from Commerce Court, where three new buildings are to con- RDS tain restaurants and entertainment facilities looking out upon a new RDS fountain and public lookout tower to be built near the rail platform. A new tunnel will be constructed under the rail tracks, leading This annual program of grants and technical assistance is supported by visitors to a major floating platform on the river which will include year-end gifts from our members and public docking facilities and serve as a venue for concerts and trustees and from contributions from special events. Landmarks’ endowment fund. To the Renovation of the Station Square Sheraton is underway and best of our knowledge, Landmarks is the only organization in Allegheny 100 more rooms will be added where the Sheraton parking lot is County providing financial assistance to now, and all meeting facilities will be renovated. historic religious properties for building The entire project will cost $71 million which includes maintenance. Our support is greatly Hamerschlag Hall, Carnegie Mellon $6.5 million in Tax-Increment Finance (TIF) bonds allocated appreciated, as witnessed by the letters University, Oakland. our staff receive. Daniel S. Cramer, to create the new Bessemer Court fountain, lookout tower, and pastor of Zion Christian Church at boardwalk, as well as pedestrian bridges to both inclines. In the 2019 Brownsville Road, summed up 40 Historic case of the Monongahela Incline, the bridge will extend into the the thoughts of many in his letters to Freight House, where there will be a new visitor information kiosk. Landmarks: “Thank you so very, very Landmark much for the Seminar and the Grant The Riverwalk of Industrial Artifacts, conceived by Landmarks, we received for help with our pointing Plaques Awarded also will be completed with public financing. needs….It brings hope and help to what at times seems the impossible task of There are over 400 significant sites in keeping on top of the building needs….I Allegheny County identified by a continue to be amazed that there is an bronze or aluminum Historic organization such as yours.” Landmark plaque from the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. A committee—chaired by trustee 20 Award of Richard Scaife—of trustees, architects, and architectural historians annually Merit Recipients reviews plaque applications. This year, 40 plaques were awarded. One hundred sixty members and Recipients included Carnegie Mellon friends attended Landmarks’ annual University (Oakland), the Arrott membership reception on October 28, Building (downtown), the Bost Building in the handsomely restored Masonic (Homestead), City Theatre (South Side), Temple in Oakland. Don Riggs, master “Clayton” (Point Breeze), “Heathside of ceremonies, commended 20 organi- Cottage” (Fineview), Panther Hollow The Niles Car #150 of 1906 housed one of the Railcar Shops in zations and individuals (many of whom Bridge (Schenley Park), St. Mary’s Bessemer Court at Station Square. Since Forest City plans to Ukrainian Orthodox Church (McKees Rocks), the old Sewickley Post Office, construct three new buildings in Bessemer Court, the inter- and the Westinghouse Atom Smasher urban was given to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in (Forest Hills). Please see our Web site Washington, Pa., in October. (www.phlf.org) for a complete listing of plaque awards. As the original developers and owners of Station Square, Landmarks is pleased that Forest City Enterprises is orchestrating Call with Your Suggestions investment of over $71 million in public/private funds. We have only two regrets. The first concerns the Lawrence Paint Building. If you would like to nominate a building, Don and Joan Riggs are flanked by structure, or district for a Historic When we sold Station Square in 1994, our master plan for the Louise Sturgess (left) and Mary Lu Landmark plaque, please call Cathy site—which had been approved by the City—required that the Broucek (412-471-5808 ext. 516). Any Denny of Landmarks. Lawrence Paint Building be retained. In 1999, Station Square was site in Allegheny County is eligible if: declared legally blighted by the City of Pittsburgh, allowing are pictured below) for contributions • it is a remarkable piece of architec- made to the preservation of Pittsburgh’s ture, construction, or planning, or if it Forest City to get public funding. However, the City required that historic architecture and for increasing imparts a rich sense of history; Lawrence Paint either be restored or demolished before Forest City public knowledge about our historical • alterations, additions, and deteriora- could receive the proceeds from the Tax Increment Financing. heritage. Esther Bush, a trustee of tion have not substantially lessened In the spring of 2000, Forest City presented an amended master Landmarks, chaired the Award of Merit its value in the above respects; and Committee this year. • it is at least 50 years old. plan in conjunction with their Tax Increment Financing plan. For a complete listing of Landmarks’ If you would like to nominate an individ- This plan was substantially different from Landmarks’ master plan Award of Merit recipients this year— ual or organization within Allegheny and called for the demolition of the Lawrence Paint Building. and since 1982—visit our Web site at: County for an Award of Merit, please call The City approved the plan, so Lawrence Paint will be demolished, www.phlf.org. Walter Kidney (412-471-5808 ext. 511). in spite of our offer to participate financially in its restoration. Forest City intends to build two new buildings, possibly residen- tial, on the site. Our second regret concerns portions of the gardens at Station Square which were destroyed by Forest City last summer. Much of the remaining landscaping has been poorly treated. Fortunately, Forest City has elected to appoint the landscape design firm of GWSM to restore the gardens using Richard Liberto as consultant. Richard helped plan the original gardens, particularly those by the internationally famous firm Oehme van Sweden and Associates. Forest City also has re-appointed our horticulturist Gregory Yochum to better supervise and maintain the grounds. The Award of Merit recipients were recognized at Landmarks’ membership reception on October 28 at the Masonic Temple in Oakland. Page 6 PHLF News • December 2000

Support for State Attracting Attention: Preservation Plan

On May 9, Landmarks’ president The Homestead Area’s Arthur Ziegler testified in Harrisburg before members of the Revitalization Efforts State House of Representatives about support needed for the pro- Exciting things are happening in the would highlight the bloody The municipal building and fire hall posed new Pennsylvania Historic boroughs of Homestead, West Homestead strike of 1892 and spot- Homestead, and Munhall. Much of the light Pittsburgh’s role in shaping steel of 1904 on Ninth Avenue, in a post- Preservation Plan. Mr. Ziegler publicity surrounds the new 250-acre and labor history. If the federal desig- card view (above), and now (below). served on the Advisory Committee Waterfront development with its new nation is awarded, several historic for the formulation of the plan. multi-screen theater and stores. structures, including the Carrie On October 17, the House However, the boroughs have come Furnace, the pump house, the Hot Urban Affairs Committee of the together in an extraordinary way and Metal Bridge, and possibly Pinkerton’s Pennsylvania Legislature invited have helped to craft a tri-borough Landing, would anchor the National Arthur Ziegler to testify on the role revitalization plan based, in large part, Park. Rivers of Steel is spearheading of historic preservation in revital- on historic preservation. this effort and Landmarks’ staff is The Revitalization Committee—an providing historical information to izing Pennsylvania towns and ad hoc group of elected officials from the . cities. Arthur reviewed preserva- all three boroughs, the Chamber of tion in Pittsburgh versus various • Landmarks has created the Mon Commerce, the area’s non-profit orga- Valley Preservation Loan Fund with ment, Representative Ken Ruffing, demolition and rebuilding plans nizations and interested merchants and funding assistance from the Local and Senator Jay Costa are also through the past 50 years. He citizens—forged the plan together and Initiatives Support Corporation. This contributing to the restoration effort. emphasized the enormous energy implementation is now under way. fund is dedicated to revitalizing the The estimated project cost is $1.6 put forth by residents and The initiatives include: historic Eighth Avenue commercial million; therefore, fundraising efforts Landmarks in neighborhood • The boroughs each passed new district in Homestead, West continue. revitalization; the development of historic preservation ordinances. Homestead, and Munhall. • Several private citizens and corpora- the Main Street program, particu- Collectively, the boundaries of the • Allegheny County’s Department of tions are restoring buildings along larly on East Carson Street; the local historic districts correspond to Economic Development has Eighth Avenue. David Lewis and the National Register Historic success of the embarked upon a housing revitaliza- Judith Tener, who restored the former District. This will ensure that the Moose Building, received an Award Community tion project. Hanson Design Group, National Register Historic District of Merit from Landmarks for their Reinvestment Ltd. has been chosen as the project that spans all three municipalities architect and will use pattern book efforts (see page 5). LifeSpan, a local Act in leveraging retains its integrity. Technical assis- houses, originally built by the nonprofit organization, is combining $2.5 billion from tance was provided by the Steel Carnegie Land Company, as the basis restoration and new construction to lenders for the Valley Enterprise Zone Corporation for new and restored homes. create three contiguous buildings for inner city; the and consultants Mullin & Lonergan office, community, and residential Associates, Inc. • The parks in the boroughs also are space. Landmarks approved a development of Station Square; receiving facelifts. Munhall hand- and the efforts to fashion a plan • A new marketing piece for the area is $230,000 loan to this project (see somely rehabilitated Kennedy Park, page 7). Finally, several other historic for Fifth/Forbes that encourages being developed by the Revitalization in front of the Carnegie Library. New structures, including the former PNC restoration and local business Committee. Design assistance has lighting fixtures and ADA-approved been provided by the firm La Quatra Bank building and the Schwab School, ownership. railings were installed and improve- have been purchased by groups look- Bonci. The marketing piece will be ments to the original steel gazebo Arthur applauded the proposal distributed to attract new businesses ing to restore the buildings. now before the Legislature to pro- were completed. Frick Park in and homeowners to the area. Homestead received a new play- • Recently, the Pennsylvania Historical vide a 20% tax credit for historic • The Bost Building—the headquarters ground, complements of the new and Museum Commission erected a house restoration. He suggested of the Amalgamated Association of Target store on the Waterfront. blue and gold state historical marker that money now being spent on Iron and Steel Workers during the Additional funding is being pursued in Homestead in honor of the infrastructure to make suburban lockout and strike of 1892—is under- to re-install the once-magnificent Homestead Grays baseball team. development cheaper should be going a $4 million restoration as a perennial beds and shrubbery that The Homestead Grays was one of the moved to the inner city, and that visitors’ center and a labor history were the hallmark of Frick Park in greatest teams in the Negro National Baseball League. With players like existing infrastructure and deteri- museum honoring Pittsburgh’s steel the early 1900s. Josh Gibson (known as the black Babe orated houses and commercial heritage, thanks to the work of • Efforts to restore Homestead’s his- Rivers of Steel. The Bost Building Ruth), Johnny Wright, and Cool Papa buildings be improved and toric municipal building and fire hall Bell, the Homestead Grays was the was recently named a National c. 1904 are under way. Landmarks marketed as the top priority with Historic Landmark—one of only team every other black team measured government dollars. received a grant from the RSMIS themselves against. At the urging of eight sites in Allegheny County Foundation for initial architectural He strongly encouraged more Mayor Betty Esper, the Rivers of Steel so designated. services. A matching grant of $6,250 open processes regarding develop- organization submitted the successful • A National Park is under considera- from the Pennsylvania Historical and nomination and hosted a dedication ment; fewer handouts for out-of- tion for the area as the result of an Museum Commission for planning ceremony on September 27, 2000. town developers who do not leave act of Congress in 1999 and legisla- and development assistance was their money in Pennsylvania; tion sponsored by Representative recently secured, and partial funding The Steel Valley is five miles from lower business taxes; better transit Mike Doyle. The federal designation from the Commonwealth’s Heritage , less than 15 minutes from Carnegie Mellon systems to link residents in older Park Program is pending. The borough, the volunteer fire depart- University, and home to Sandcastle neighborhoods to jobs; and and Kennywood Park. These amenities, increased funding for the combined with the area’s rich history Commonwealth’s purchase of and can-do determination, make it an farmland development rights to area to watch in the future. protect farms, thereby stemming sprawl and encouraging people to live in the city. PHLF News • December 2000 Page 7

Landmarks Lends $580,000 Projects Under Way in Manchester, Deutschtown, Lawrenceville, and Homestead Ice House Artist Studios, Lawrenceville With the successful renovation of the 314 –08 East Eighth Avenue, Homestead Constantin Pontiac building under its belt, the nonprofit group Artists and Cities, Inc. is embarking on another LifeSpan, Inc., historic adaptive reuse project. The latest project, known as the “Ice Homestead House,” involves converting a 35,000 New restaurants at the Waterfront are square-foot warehouse on 43rd Street in not the only exciting development Lawrenceville into affordable rental occurring in Homestead. LifeSpan, Inc., space for artists, arts-related businesses, a nonprofit agency servicing senior and arts organizations. citizens, is planning to combine restora- The building was originally con- tion, new construction, and facade structed in 1907 by the Consolidated Ice improvement along Eighth Avenue in Company and operated as an ice facility order to dramatically change three for the next 30 years. Although the contiguous parcels of property. Because property has been vacant for the past Landmarks is interested in seeing 15 years, it is listed on the National Homestead’s historic main street revital- The 1300 block of Liverpool Street, Manchester Register of Historic Places. This designa- ized, a loan in the amount of $230,000 tion allows Artists and Cities to utilize was approved for the project. Liverpool Street historic tax credits to help finance the LifeSpan owns an attractive, $2.7 million project. The Pittsburgh although severely deteriorated, three- Facade Restoration, History & Landmarks Foundation has story, four-bay brick building c. 1920. Manchester agreed to provide $75,000 in gap financ- Adjacent to this building is an exterior ing to the project which is being funded courtyard. The third building in the row Preserving Liverpool Street in Manchester primarily by PNC Bank, National is a modern, commercial building from demolition was the genesis of the City Bank, the Urban Redevelopment known as the New Heritage Building; it Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Authority, the Pennsylvania Department has a metal paneled facade. LifeSpan Foundation in 1964. Although much of Community and Economic will combine the historic structure with has been accomplished in Manchester in Development, and various other lenders. new construction in the courtyard space the last 36 years, a row of stone houses Perkins Eastman Architects is respon- to create one building. The facade of the in the 1300 block of Liverpool Street 416–20 Pressley Street, Deutschtown sible for the overall design which will historic building will be completely has been the bane of numerous preser- include re-opening boarded up win- restored and the exterior of the new vation efforts. Finally, restoration is dows, cleaning the brick facade, and structure will mirror the historic facade. slated to begin! Pressley Street, installing an energy efficient HVAC The metal panels on the New Heritage The $870,000 project—spearheaded system. Notwithstanding its former building will be removed and a new by Manchester Citizens Corporation Deutschtown purpose, the warehouse has handsome masonry facade will be erected that is (MCC)—will restore the porches and Since 1985, East Allegheny Community architectural detailing including a brick more compatible with the historic facades of the six single-family build- Council (EACC) has been concerned corbel table, round arches above the streetscape. When complete, the project ings, which will be sold to homeowners about three beautiful, but slowly deteri- first-story windows, and modest stone will house eight units of senior housing willing to undertake the interior renova- orating, Victorian houses on Pressley detailing. When complete, the interior of on the upper floors, a senior citizens tion of the units. This model, known Street in the Deutschtown Historic center on the first floor, and offices in as “shell rehab,” has been used success- District. By July of 2000, the the New Heritage building. fully in other areas of the North Side. situation had turned critical. The $1.6 million project is a sizable Landmarks and the Urban Redevelop- Now, with a $175,000 loan undertaking for this nonprofit, but they ment Authority have agreed to provide from Landmarks, the build- have put together a good development the necessary funding, including a ings will be saved. team, including Mullin & Lonergan $100,000 loan from Landmarks’ The Pressley Street town- Associates, Inc. and Renaissance 3 Preservation Loan Fund. Because of houses were privately owned Architects, P.C. When finished, this the unique relationship between and the owners were not project will provide necessary services Landmarks, MCC and Liverpool Street, maintaining the buildings. to our senior citizens and enhance the Landmarks has also agreed to provide Two years ago EACC was Eighth Avenue National Register District. up to $300,000 in grant financing. able to acquire the properties These funds will be comprised, in part, and start the planning and of income from four of Landmarks’ development process with Named Funds: the Shadybrook Fund, the help of the Northside The “Ice House,” at 100 43rd Street, Lawrenceville the Patricia Thauer Fund, the Carl Leadership Conference. Wood Brown Fund, and the Thomas Using the “shell rehab” model, the building will have 16 small studios, Hornstein Fund. the neighborhood believes it will be Landmarks 12 medium studios, and 4 large studios. When most people think of Liverpool able to preserve these architecturally Interjecting the arts into a neighbor- Underwrites Street, red brick houses with elaborately significant homes, reduce development hood often provides vitality, diversity, carved porches come to mind. The costs, and enhance the character of National Register and stability. This is the hope for 43rd houses in the present project, however, the Deutschtown Historic District. Street in Lawrenceville. The Ice House Application for are somewhat of an anomaly. Heavy With the loan from Landmarks, the Studios are currently under construc- brownstone facades with voussoirs roofs will be repaired, the porches New Granada tion. When complete, the project will above the windows and carved detailing rebuilt, the exterior trim restored, and The Hill District Community provide numerous chances for commu- dominate five of the six buildings. new windows installed. Then the three nity participation—from classes to work Development Corporation (CDC) Landmarks Design Associates will be single-family homes will be marketed opportunities—and a once-vacant build- has great plans for restoring the the project architect and Tom Keffer of to buyers who will undertake the ing will have been recycled. New Granada Theater! To facili- Landmarks will provide construction interior rehabilitation. oversight services. Because the project is tate financing for the restoration in the Manchester Historic District, the project, the Hill CDC hopes to Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission Will Power use historic tax credits. But first, also will approve all exterior alterations. the building must be placed on Preserve our region’s history and landmarks for future generations. Add the Pittsburgh This project has been in the planning the National Register of Historic History & Landmarks Foundation as a beneficiary in your will. For more information, stages for three years. By next year, the Places. Landmarks is providing please call Jack Miller at (412) 471-5808 ext. 538. soot-covered facades will be cleaned, the up to $3,000 from its technical porches restored, and Liverpool Street’s assistance program to the Hill overall ambiance improved. CDC toward the completion of the National Register application. Page 8 PHLF News • December 2000 Preservation Scene

Grid-Pattern to Reappear in East Liberty We are pleased that Mayor Tom Murphy has announced a six-year $10.6-million dollar reconstruction of streets in East Liberty that will eliminate Penn Circle and recreate the original grid pattern. We believe that this, in turn, will generate new retail. For decades, East Liberty was second only to downtown in retail activity. Fine neighborhoods extended in all directions Rachel Carson Homestead from the retail core. The traditional Association Celebrates urban-grid street pattern invited both The Rachel Carson Homestead pedestrian and vehicular access. Association celebrated its 25th anniver- The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on Fifth Avenue in Oakland. In the 1950s and 1960s the Urban sary on September 6 with a tribute to its Redevelopment Authority decided to four founding members: Agnes Dodds relocate the automobile to a new mini- Kinard, Ruth Scott, Evelyn Hirtle beltway around East Liberty and pedes- George, and the late Edmund Boyle. What’s in a Color? trianize the center. Similar misguided In 1975, when the Homestead was Barry Hannegan “improvements” were made in the heart going to be acquired and demolished by of the North Side, and large portions of a developer who wanted to subdivide Travelers near the intersection of Fifth potential for enlivening the building the Lower Hill were demolished in favor the land on which it stands in and Shady Avenues in the East End will and giving a rather festive quality of an expressway and large-scale civic Springdale, these four people tried to have noticed the transformation of the appropriate to the spirit of the and cultural planning—much of which raise the funds to save the building. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts that has occupying organization. never came to pass. Their effort was chronicled on loomed above that intersection since its On the North Side and in East September 6 in a slide show and tribute construction as the Marshall House in Liberty the City demolished acres of telling how they went from one conser- 1911–1912. As far back as anyone can historic houses and replaced them with vation group to another for help. They remember, the house has been stark new townhouses and high-rises. The received no help until they came to white stucco, a finish that disguises the most egregious is the one built over Landmarks. We agreed to lend our early Georgian or William and Mary support and serve as a repository for the style of the building, veiling that under- property and for initial grants and con- lying inspiration with mixed messages of tributions until the Rachel Carson late Georgian and of the Mediterranean. Homestead was fully organized. Through the years the Homestead has Landmarks’ Suggestions Educational classes are held in the attracted an intrepid group of members At a gathering in early summer to hear Scaife House. who have maintained the house and more about the proposed, desperately grounds, planned for its developing role needed restoration of Mellon Park, there The Scaife House in environmental education and was an earnest discussion, among inter- As for the Scaife House, the faintly research, and stayed on the steady path ested parties, about a proposed repaint- Tudor/Cotswold style posed rather of the master plan that Bill Swain of ing of the Marshall House. Being different problems. The extensive areas East Liberty, 1966. GWSM helped create. present, I was asked to provide some of half timbering would, in the original A major announcement of the suggestions that would: Penn Avenue that added to the walling models of the fifteenth and sixteenth evening was that the Painters Union has off of the retail core of East Liberty. 1. enhance the visibility of the building; centuries, likely have been in black and agreed to paint the house as a contribu- Today many of these residential units white, a rather stark combination for tion, and the Roofers Union will re-roof 2. replace the perceived aloofness of the stand empty or are boarded up. present day tastes. A widely used varia- the house. Landmarks will underwrite white with a more inviting, exciting Others are being adapted by community tion of the early twentieth century, dark the cost of architectural restoration image; organizations for new uses, thanks to brown for the timbers and buff or assistance. Landmarks’ financial support. 3. respect the historic design character cream for the intervening surfaces, of the house; and was thought a little too bland for the 4. not outrage the neighbors. achievement of increased visibility. Church for Sale A liking for terra cotta, expressed by a Subsequent conversations with Laura representative of the Center, was The former East End Baptist Church at 801 N. Willumsen, the Center’s executive direc- heeded, and that became the color of the Negley, at the corner of Stanton Avenue in East tor, and Vicky Clark, curator of the timbering, with a delicate warm shell Liberty, is for sale. Most recently known as facility, expanded the project to include pink employed for the accompanying Union Church, it features a massive tower the neighboring Scaife House on Shady stucco surfaces. To play off this rather pierced by lancet windows and louvered Gothic Avenue while gradually narrowing the strong coloration, a warm gray-green, a arches and is topped by battlements and corner range of ideas for painting both build- rather stony color, was decided upon for finials. Facing Stanton Avenue is a large gable, ings. A number of palettes were devised the remainder of the walls; this worked trisected by buttresses with a large central and discussed; these were enriched by well with the warmer natural stone of window flanked by two smaller ones, all in the including the preferences of the “client.” the foundation and the surround of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, West Gothic manner. For information call Sandy D. front door. The final palette, taken in North and Allegheny Avenues, Temple at Prudential Preferred Realty: The Choice of Yellow conjunction with the rosy gray of the Allegheny West 412/521-5500 or 681-8191. The yellow that is on the Marshall shingle roofing (not original) and the House was chosen because, in addition warm orangish brick of the chimneys, Now Eight National Historic to its undoubted visibility, it is appropri- actually harks back to a slightly earlier Landmarks ate to Georgian colonial architecture phase of the Tudor Revival, perhaps of On December 10, H. H. Richardson’s LANDMARKS and its revival more than a century ago. around 1890 as manifested in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of 1886 Welcomes The Vassall-Longfellow House in Shingle and Queen Anne styles. The was officially designated a National Cambridge is a case in point for yellow design character of the house was not Historic Landmark, the eighth in CB Richard Ellis/Pittsburgh as a color suitable for an English classi- compromised, and the Center got its Allegheny County. Jamie Van Trump cally inspired building, while the combi- desired image of liveliness. vividly described the small and simple Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. nation of color and stucco finish seemed church in his article in 1958, “The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh to underscore the vaguely Italian flavor Vibrant Image Achieved Church Beyond Fashion”: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Marshall House’s massing and So, for the next few years at least, we The entrance facade is a high plain Oxford Development Company proportions. The gray, actually gray- will be seeing these landmarks in new gable, completely unadorned save for mauve, of the recently installed sash garb. We like to think that Landmarks, the patterning of the brickwork…. and windows had, of course, to be retained, in making these recommendations, will These flat walls, so intricately and Victoria Hall and that tint promised to work well have met at least three of the four goals delicately incised, seem, in full sun- with the new wall color. White was also set forth. The opinion of the neighbor- light, like the rippling surfaces of a as Corporate retained for trim and architectural hood is beyond anticipation, but we do stream touched by the wind and Member Benefactors details, an arrangement perfectly in hope that people will see in these new they form a dramatic contrast to the keeping with Georgian precedent. guises suitable images for very good intense, mysterious shadows of the There was some further deliberation as buildings that no longer serve as private entrance arches which are hallowed Thank you for to just what part of the trim would be residences but rather as the vibrant focus out like caves at the base of a cliff. helping us protect the places left in white, and gradually a scheme of a significant portion of our cultural life. that make Pittsburgh home. emerged that seemed to have the PHLF News • December 2000 Page 9

Request for Fulton Building To double its size, as present-day Newest Named Fund Memorabilia conditions require, the Alden & Harlow building of 1901 is to be extended in the The Fulton Building, downtown at Sixth rear to allow for handicapped access. Honors Helen Simpson Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard, The main doorway will now be on the will reopen in Spring 2001 as the In the February 2000 issue of PHLF News, we side of the new extension, and will be 300-room Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. reported that one of our longtime tour docents, approachable by ramp. Tapes, video- The copper and granite exterior and Helen E. Simpson, had passed away on September cassettes, and computers unconceived marble and mosaic tile in the first three 11, 1999. We also reported that some of our members in 1901 will be amply accommodated, floors of the century-old building will be and so will the public. and friends had made contributions in memory of Helen. restored to the original grandeur envi- What Integrated Architectural Since that time, contributions have added up to a total of $5,085.00, and sioned by architect Grosvenor Atterbury. Services (IAS) has done is to leave the family members have decided to establish the Helen E. Simpson Named Fund. Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel is Allegheny River Boulevard front and inviting local residents to contribute This is the fourteenth Named Fund at Landmarks. Named Funds are unre- the original end walls unchanged; add memorabilia and information about the stricted contributions to Landmarks’ endowment fund. A gift of $5,000 or an openwork side entrance porch, with Fulton Building for a display at the more can endow a Named Fund that continues to support Landmarks’ mission a new pitched roof above it; and repeat grand opening celebration. If you have the end gables to some extent. Landmarks and honor you or a loved one. historical photographs or postcards of and the Pennsylvania Historical and We look forward to working with members of the Simpson Family to keep the building, playbills for the adjacent Museum Commission have approved the memory of Helen Simpson alive. Her love of architecture, history, music, theater (known over the years as the the design and are supporting the citizen Gayety, Fulton, and Byham), or any and travel inspired us all and her willingness to volunteer set a good example effort to raise over $2.3 million to fund stories you wish to share about the for others. a capital campaign that includes the building, call the Renaissance office at We thank the following people for making possible the Helen E. Simpson building expansion and creation of (412) 562-1200 for more information. Named Fund: an endowment. If members wish to contribute, Hazel Catania Ruth and Janet O’Connor please contact Jan Beiber, director, at Marie Arend Dunkle and Darlene Craig A. Platt Landmarks offers Assistance (412) 828-9532, or simply mail your Dunkle Jost Douglas Simpson contribution to Jan at Oakmont From a group of friends (a contribu- Larry J. Simpson at Kentuck Knob Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River tion matched by H. J. Heinz Robert Simpson Kentuck Knob in Fayette County, not Boulevard, Oakmont, Pa., 15139. far from Fallingwater, is a marvelous Company Foundation) T. R. Simpson house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Mr. & Mrs. Clyde F. Huwe Thelma Simpson for Mr. & Mrs. I. N. Hagen. The late Nancy Irvine William J. Simpson II Jamie Van Trump, a co-founder of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Jones Marguerite M. Steck Landmarks, was one of the first to Virginia Mance Gladys P. Truver discover the house and write about it. Robert Roth Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Zierden Landmarks has been pleased to assist Kathryn Karrer the owner of the house, Lord Peter Robert and Ruth Kelley Palumbo, with his efforts to develop a Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Menke

Awards for Landmarks 105 Jacksonia Street; 1318 Arch Street National Trust for Historic Preservation Fanfare for the The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation and Preservation Common Building Pennsylvania received an award from the National Trust for Historic In November, the Pittsburgh Historic Preservation at its annual conference in Los Angeles in early November. The new visitors’ center. Review Commission voted to recom- The award recognized Landmarks’ role in causing the State Department (Courtesy of Arthur Lubetz Associates PC Architects) mend to City Council that 105 of Education to clarify its construction reimbursement criteria to favor new visitors’ center. He selected archi- Jacksonia Street, close to the Mexican the preservation and reuse of historic school buildings. As a result, when War Streets City Historic District, be tect Arthur Lubetz who has designed a communities want to keep their older schools in use, they will no longer be partially earth-sheltered structure that declared a City Historic Structure. hindered by inflexible state regulations. ramps up out of the hillside and has fine The City Planning Commission has views both toward the woods and the voted the same. The HRC is likely to It was Ron Yochum, Landmarks’ assistant for public policy and CIO, who valley below. The 2,000-square-foot make another favorable recommenda- initially discovered that the State Department of Education guidelines made it building will be green and sustainable tion for 1318 Arch Street, home of virtually impossible for Brentwood (where Ron lives) to get any reimburse- with glass walls and a garden on the George Washington Gale Ferris, ment for renovating the 1914 Moore School and 1923 Elroy School. After roof. Landmarks also assisted in arrang- inventor of the Ferris wheel. winning a position on the School Board to ensure that the schools would be ing financing with PNC Bank which There are 10 criteria for possible renovated, Ron encouraged Landmarks to partner with Preservation was joined by the Progress Fund of the designation as a City Historic Structure, Fay-Penn Economic Development and the structure must have sufficient Pennsylvania to work with the State to review the construction guidelines. Council. Landmarks staff member Ron integrity of location, design, materials, Brentwood’s local crisis led to a major State policy reform. Yochum designed a Web site for the and workmanship. The staff of the house (www.kentuckknob.com). HRC found that 105 Jacksonia did not South Side Business Alliance Mrs. Hagen attended the ground- meet any of the criteria, and so reported On December 1, the South Side Business Alliance presented Landmarks with breaking, as did Landmarks’ horticul- to both bodies. The building has long its Outstanding Organization Award “for serving as a pillar of preservation turist Greg Yochum, who provides been abandoned and condemned. advice and assistance on the mainte- Pictures of the two buildings show no and sustainable development.” nance of the orchard and grounds. architectural distinction at all as individ- Through its Preservation Loan Fund and the Neighborhood Assistance ual structures. Certainly 105 Jacksonia Program/Comprehensive Services Program (see page 18), Landmarks has Street might be considered a contribut- been working for 32 years with residents on the South Side to save historic ing structure to an enlarged Mexican buildings and create educational programs fostering neighborhood pride. War Streets District, but this was not under consideration. Although 1318 Arch was the home of a famous inven- tor, the home is now modernized, and Ziegler to Serve on Fannie Mae has no vivid sense of history about it. To make either of these a City Northeast Board Historic Structure is like halting a chance Frank D. Raines, chairman of Fannie Mae, has created an Advisory Board on passer-by on the street and pinning a Housing and Community Development for the northeastern region of the The original library is to the left. gold medal on his chest. What is needed United States, from Maine to Washington, D. C., to Ohio. Landmarks’ presi- (Courtesy of IAS) is to broaden the boundaries of the dent Arthur Ziegler has been appointed to this board because of Landmarks’ Mexican War Streets District so that all long commitment and impressive record of restoring housing in the inner city. Oakmont Library Expansion buildings would be included. The late Margaret Henderson Floyd, in Arthur also has been appointed to the newly established Fannie Mae Architecture After Richardson, calls the Advisory Board for the Pittsburgh office. Oakmont Carnegie Library exquisite, and points out that the library was lavish and well-built for a small-town Carnegie donation. Page 10 PHLF News • December 2000

Caring for Pittsburgh’

• A guidebook giving specifications for new signage (now being prepared by Landmarks); • A restoration guidebook, commis- sioned by Landmarks, and being completed by Landmarks Design Associates Architects. The conversion of the old Jail to the Family Division, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, is now com- plete, and sections of the renovated building are open to the public.

The information panel on Forbes Avenue, near Grant Street. The Courthouse is the central city landmark in an architec- tural tour package that includes an audio version of the Courthouse tour, as well as audio architecture tours of downtown and the North Side, tickets to Fallingwater, and accommo- dations at the The information panel in the Courthouse Westin William courtyard. Penn Hotel. For Visitors can now learn about the information call Courthouse and old Jail from two large information panels, on Forbes Avenue 1-800-927-8376 The Courthouse grand stair. and ask about near Grant Street and in the Courthouse courtyard, and by following a self- the “Living guided Courthouse walking tour. The Architecture” Improvements to the Courthouse panel and tour brochure text were program. The written by Landmarks’ Al Tannler (the audio cassette tour brochure is available at the County tours are also available from Shortly before the Allegheny County Some recent and planned improve- Information Office at the courtyard Courthouse opened in 1888, Pittsburgh ments include: Landmarks; for information entrance). reporter John McKee walked through • Historically appropriate lighting The preservation of the Courthouse call (412) 471-5808, ext. 527. the building: “As you enter the front fixtures installed in hallways; would not be possible without the door, what a sight! Arches above cooperation and involvement of County arches,” he exclaimed. He continued up • Unsightly vending machines moved officials. Landmarks’ good working rela- the great staircase to “look out into the from hallways and the lobby and tionship in the past with the Allegheny yard. What a sight! Thousands of relocated; County Commissioners continues, windows, windows above windows. • Attractive folding chairs for the court- thanks to County Executive James I never saw so many windows . . . .” yard provided by Landmarks; Roddey; County Manager Robert Webb; Today, 112 years later, despite many • A minimally obtrusive security system: Norman Mekkelson, Director of the exterior and interior changes, visitors Landmarks worked with County offi- Department of General Services; Samuel still feel the impact of the building in the cials to minimize the negative impact Taylor, Principal Architect/Building same way. Richardson’s Courthouse of the security installation on building Division Manager, Department of Public remains Pittsburgh’s finest building, access and appearance; Works; and many County employees. and the architect’s “most impressive surviving monument,” according to Richardson scholar James F. O’Gorman. For many years Landmarks has contributed to the appreciation and care of the Allegheny County Buildings, through the writings of Jamie Van Trump and Walter Kidney, by conduct- ing tours for County residents and visitors, and (primarily) through the activities of the Allegheny County Historic Properties Committee, chaired by Arthur Ziegler.

The street level entrance of the Courthouse, with new lighting and improved security. PHLF News • December 2000 Page 11 s Finest Buildings The Old Jail Remade Walter C. Kidney ©2000 Edward Massery Richardson’s Jail of 1886 has been an The Pittsburgh History & abominated, threatened, and adored building: called substandard as a Landmarks Foundation modern holding facility, a depressing commends IKM Incorporated object at the edge of the business for its sensitive solution to the district, a superb example of the simple but subtle use of materials, and ulti- delicate and complicated mately a world-class piece of architec- problem of adapting H. H. ture and a National Historic Landmark. To demolish it would be almost Richardson’s Allegheny unthinkable. County Jail to house the And yet, to preserve it in any mean- Family Division of the Court ingful way has been a genuine challenge. Now, though, even as we write, files are of Common Pleas. being wheeled in through the old Ross Adapting the old Jail, a Street doorway, office workers and judges are personalizing their spaces, master work of a world- and work continues on the old Warden’s famous architect, required House. The old Jail is approaching full transformation into the Family Division, unusual respect; yet, it had to Allegheny County Court of Common accommodate several kinds Pleas. of occupants conveniently A walk around the new facility impresses one with the complexity of and securely. the planning problem. At first, one sup- Landmarks believes that IKM poses that the old masonry shell might be simple to work with: four cell blocks has integrated old architecture meeting at a rotunda, with a few other and new functions admirably, features within the irregular outer perimeter. But of course things are more and so testifies here. complicated in actuality. Furthermore, there have to be different access and circulation systems these days, places with unrestricted public access, public The rotunda, its walls rebuilt but no security equipment or other furnishings areas beyond checkpoints, spaces and yet in place. holding areas for accused persons, areas for judges and County employees, facili- most part. The archways to the court- have ceilings that are uplighted to give legislation authorizing the sale of the ties for the Family Division, ditto for the yards have graciously patterned metal- the impression of greater height. There building to a developer. The developer, Juvenile Division; all within the five work, not wrought iron but formed in are facings of both black and pinkish- Mascaro Construction Company L.P., levels into which the cell blocks have the same way, Old Worldish. gray granite used selectively; the latter then leased it back to the County. been divided. is the Milford Pink granite Richardson The County again will own the • The rotunda. What was once the Some features of the building as chose for the exterior. building after the 29-year-lease central guard post of the Jail has remodeled: The basic layout is: first floor, entries, expires. The construction process always been the grand architectural juvenile entry and holding, child care, was then design/build. • The exterior. New metal window sash statement inside, the counterpart to duty room; second floor, juvenile in the tall cell-block windows, suitable the leaps and bounds of the • The design team. The architects for courts, waiting room, and staff; third in scale and dissembling the new five- Courthouse’s grand stair. The tiers of this work were IKM Incorporated; its floor, family courts, judges, and story division. The old cells stood well cells presented screens of bars to this design team, headed by Mike Marcu, offices; fourth floor, family judges and central space, and the false sense of included Robert Moro, Alan Dunn, officers; and fifth floor, family and openness was retained, and also and Robert Burnett. Alan L. Fishman juvenile judges and staff, Common the pavilion-like feeling the rotunda was principal-in-charge; Frederick C. Pleas Court president judge, library, structure always had, its eight granite Watts was project manager and Roger and conference room. columns standing almost totally free P. Hartung was project architect for of the surrounding construction. The • The structure. All new construction is IKM. Samuel A. Taylor was County floors around had to be sealed off structurally independent of the exist- Architect. Others involved included: from the rotunda, for fire-safety ing walls and foundations. Poured Atlantic Engineering Services reasons among others, and the archi- concrete columns, hidden in partitions (structural engineer); Polytech Inc. tects took the obvious course of using or made inconspicuous by stainless- (mechanical engineer); Raymond metal mullions and glass. Access to the steel cladding, support post-tensioned Why P.E. (electrical engineer); rotunda is now an easy matter, a level flat concrete slabs no more than ten Lighting Design Collaborative walk in from Ross Street rather than inches thick. (lighting designer); Herbert W. Levy the original steep climb to a guard (historic preservation consultant); Looking into the old Jail, during • The developers. Allegheny County’s post and its loud wrought-iron gates. and Patricia K. Kendall (landscape summer renovations. financial position prohibited public architect). • The Jail Museum. Much of this is financing. The project was enabled by within the cellblock walls, leaving a finished, but there is more to do. full-height space, and externally the Cells from Richardson’s original height seems to remain. Archways on design—brick-enclosed, unplumbed, Fifth Avenue—a new one here—and those that Mrs. Soffel knew from out- Diamond Street lead to public, park- side and in—and from Frederick John like courtyards that are now being Osterling’s 1904 enlargement that are landscaped. A new double opening visually more open will be on display, through one cellblock connects the along with artifacts of various sorts. two. The courtyards promise to be • The Warden’s House. This simple welcomely cool in the summer. They home, limited in yard area, will be a also offer an inside look at the Jail’s waiting area for juvenile witnesses and theatrical walls; the massive-looking victims, furnished in a domestic way. granite ashlars are only a few inches The former infirmary, to be made into Teachers participating in one of thick, and one sees backup masonry of • The new spaces. These are finished in a a lunch room. Landmarks’ educational classes toured pinkish-orange brickwork for the simple manner, though the courtrooms the former infirmary this summer. Page 12 PHLF News • December 2000

Reaching Out Landmarks’ staff is involved in many conferences and local and national efforts relating to urban planning, historic preservation, education, landscape design, and tourism. Here are some recent highlights. St. Peter’s Lourdes Memorial Shrine Arthur Ziegler: (Franciscan Fathers), • spoke to the Warren Leadership Fernando Street, group on July 7 in Warren, Pittsburgh Ohio, about re-developing their downtown; • spoke at the plenary session on August 6 for the National Historic Review Commissioners Forum 2000 Conference, held in Pittsburgh and co-sponsored by Landmarks; • testified before the Pennsylvania State Legislature, on October 18, on eminent domain; • presented a talk in Los Angeles Where the Incense Wafts on November 1, “Real Estate is the Name of the Game,” at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual confer- No More ence; and • testified before Pittsburgh City Barry Hannegan Council on November 9 about the Main Street approach for the In 1998, the Pittsburgh History & pieces of religious sculpture removed, Just when our picture postcard illus- Fifth/Forbes revitalization. Landmarks Foundation organized a the rest of this installation would serve tration was taken is unknown, but all of day’s tour of outdoor religious sites in nicely as the staging for a particularly the shrine and its equipment appear in it Cathy Broucek: and around Pittsburgh. There are a intricate model railroad layout. looking still new and in fine condition. number of these landscapes of devotion The unknown designer of the shrine, A date of around 1940 seems plausible. • spoke on July 24 at a national in our city, almost all of which have almost surely the presiding parish priest, Those circular benches that fill the mid- conference in Pittsburgh, some vernacular flavor reflecting the resourcefully took advantage of the dle of the floor in this view have wavy “Transportation and the instinctive piety that constructed them. courtyard-like enclosure to include edged back pieces (hardly back rests!) Environment for the 21st One of these is the splendid terraced carved panels of Stations of the Cross that recall the jigsaw qualities of the Century,” sponsored by shrine at St. Nicholas Croatian Church on the flanking walls. These reliefs, too, Moderne style of the World’s Fair of PennDOT with the on Route 28. Readers of our Newsletter are set off by further rock-work and 1939 and that distantly evoke ice cream Transportation Research Board of July 1999, or plants, and faced as they are by iron parlors and movie houses of the 1940s. and National Academy of of any number of strapwork kneelers, their entire arrange- Perhaps these circular benches were Sciences. The topic was newspaper ment suggests a small chapel, roofless to slightly later additions to the shrine. “Railroad Infrastructure: articles, will be sure, but well-equipped for devo- Their seeming concession to comfort or Station Square”; know that tions. A small altar, likely of white at least to sitting down reinforces their St. Nicholas is marble, appears at the rear of the space disarming similarity to the tufted and • presented a program on August threatened with against the concluding rockery, here a fringed causeuse of a drawing room 3 on the Fifth/Forbes project at almost certain sort of homespun reredos, and confirms from the reign of Napoleon III. the Forum 2000 Conference of destruction by that the courtyard shrine could have I wonder if somewhere there is still Historic Review Commissioners; PennDOT. been and was doubtless used for the not a parishioner of the former St. • spoke to the League of Women Another celebration of the Mass. On such occa- Peter’s who might recall what it was like Voters on September 13 as part shrine, which we sions, the celebrant would have emerged to attend Mass al fresco in the dense, of a debate on the Fifth/Forbes are about forty rather dramatically from the grotto/cave grimy, and vital neighborhood that was The shrine at project. Other speakers included years too late to at the left side which must have allowed once the Lower Hill. It would be good St. Nicholas. Eloise Hirsh, former director of be able to visit, access between the church and the shrine. indeed to hear from such a person. city planning, City Councilman is shown in the Sala Udin, and Harry Finnigan, postcard above. St. Peter’s Church, the executive director of the flank of which appears to the left in our Pittsburgh Downtown view, stood on Fernando Street in the Partnership; Lower Hill. It fell to the onslaught of demolition of the 1950s that erased the • toured on October 5 and 6 entire Lower Hill district. Fernando (along with Al Tannler of Street, too, disappeared; it ran uphill Landmarks’ staff) with a writer from Fifth Avenue where Chatham from the New York publication Center now rises, and St. Peter’s must Diversions, a travel magazine have been very nearly on the site of the for members of the medical defunct Chatham Cinema. The simple profession; brick church of late Victorian Gothic • moderated a panel discussion on sobriety was joined at some time by the November 1 entitled “Big City shrine shown in the postcard above. Revitalization” at the National Just when, we don’t know, but the Trust for Historic Preservation’s 1930s would be a reasonable guess. annual conference in Los Our lost shrine carries the distinguish- ing image of the Virgin raised high to As a footnote to what is no more than a note itself, I would like Angeles. Urban revitalization to add that since writing these lines, I have had occasion to plans in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, the right, set into a wonderful faux mountain of rockwork, with tiny caves visit again the atrium garden at St. Patrick’s in the Strip. and Pasadena were discussed; and ledges that support a flock of minia- Here the outdoor grotto-altar contains figures of the Blessed • conducted (with Landmarks’ ture sheep and potted plants. At the Virgin Mary and St. Bernadette which appear for all the general counsel Elisa Cavalier), lower left kneels a presumed image of world to be those from St. Peter’s. Our research continues. a Brownfield Development Tour Bernadette Soubirou, now sainted, in Pittsburgh on November 14, whose visions of the Virgin at Lourdes for government officials and were the impetus to one of the nine- private developers from teenth century’s greatest religious West Virginia. fervors. I must say that, were the two PHLF News • December 2000 Page 13

Of Dry Goods and Dinosaurs Barry Hannegan

Department stores are in the air, and if It would seem that there might have all plans eventually materialize, been a better fit between existing Pittsburgh will have more of them than buildings and new department stores. cities many times its size. Reflecting yet Frank & Seder had a good location that again on the connections between retail, has become even better with the greater 4 2 7 architecture, and preservation, I think it proximity of Lazarus and the opening of 6 worth pointing out the irony of the Lord and Taylor. I could never under- 8 furor to create new department store stand the apparent enthusiasm on the buildings when we still have seven such part of Nordstrom’s to locate below 3 original buildings in the downtown. Wood Street simply to serve as a mall- Kaufmann’s ❶ is the only department type anchor to the Procrustean plan of 5 store still operating in its own building, downtown redevelopment being 1 or buildings, rather, since it still makes imposed by Urban Retail Properties. use of the two structures on Smithfield We asked Nordstrom’s at least to and the later annex up Fifth Avenue. consider the former Frank & Seder The former Gimbel’s building ❷, further building, or a site just below the along Smithfield, has just undergone a Warner Center for a new building of fine exterior restoration as part of fitting their own. Evidently, these ideas were it out for new uses; it still harbors retail not seductive. Indeed Pittsburgh itself in its lower floors. Saks ❸, of course, appears to have been unpalatable to which once occupied a remote corner of the much-courted Nordstrom’s. the Gimbel’s building, has been at home The ways of the retail industry are for several decades in a former Grant’s, strange indeed. itself a lower end department store Perhaps the bottom line for this chain of great utility. sometime shopper is the contradiction in Horne’s ❹, of lamented memory, the use of the term department store at had two buildings, now filled with the all for these retail venues. The days intricacies of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield when one could buy wallpaper, tropical Seven department store buildings still remain in downtown Pittsburgh. bureaucracy. Frank & Seder ❺, opposite fish, a sewing machine, tulip bulbs, a fur An eighth was demolished to make way for a parking garage. Kaufmann’s on Smithfield, ceased oper- coat, and Melba sauce all under one ations almost a half century ago but left roof are gone forever. True, Kaufmann’s behind a distinguished structure that and Lazarus and Saks have some continues as an office building. On departments, but once one has finished Wood Street between Sixth Avenue and with clothing and household goods, Oliver, just next to Lazarus, stands the chiefly linens and small appliances, what impressive white terra-cotta mass of the else is there to tempt further expendi- former McCreery’s Department Store ❻. tures? For all of those, we are expected The only major lost retail monument to get in our car and travel over half the of the earlier twentieth century is county from one strip mall and cluster Rosenbaum’s colossal structure ❼ on of shops to another and another and Liberty Avenue, a site now occupied by another. If we were to speak truly and the parking garage opposite Heinz Hall. accurately of present-day department An earlier Rosenbaum’s ❽ still lurks stores, emporia that cram the greatest behind enameled metal panels at the range of merchandise under one roof, lower end of Fifth Avenue, at Market we would be talking of Wal-Mart and The impressive white terra-cotta mass of the former McCreery’s Department Store Street; a fragmentary row of dentils K-Mart, and their like. With a very few still stands on Wood Street between Sixth Avenue and Oliver. above the first story is all that remains exceptions, the true mid- and up-scale visible of the real building. department store is a thing of the past. Lord & Taylor Barry Hannegan

Now that Lord & Taylor has opened its precedent, for what that might be enhanced by extremely well designed amount of public funds that were new store in the shell of the former worth, while the continuation of the lighting. For myself, there is no place in involved in the creation of this new Mellon Bank building, we can better column in the form of square piers in Pittsburgh so evocative of the heady store, it is only fair to regret that we assess what we have lost (a truly great the topmost floor of the interior can be atmosphere of Manhattan shopping as have received so little for our money, interior space) and what we have gained read as a typically post-modern sketchy the new store, which is truly metropoli- money that included $20 million pro- (a fine retail facility). The quality of the reference to an architectural attic such tan in its physical character. The one vided by the Parking Authority via store’s design will be debated for some as, for example, that on the facade of element lacking in the experience of some sort of deal that remains veiled time to come, I think, by those who St. Peter’s in Rome. being there is, however, significant. The in obscurity. have taken a keen interest in this exam- There are other issues, such as the merchandise, sadly limited to clothing, However, Lord & Taylor may, in ple of adaptive reuse. Even allowing for somewhat cramped ceiling heights and is disappointingly predictable and differs time, see that we are worth a better level the store’s need to fill in most of the the total absence of the great space in no significant way from what we are of merchandise, both as to quality and former space with additional stories, traditional to such a store’s first floor. already being offered by the downtown to variety. We cannot fault them for there are design infelicities. Among Here, again, the designers were perhaps competition, not to mention at the malls. taking advantage of a good deal; they these, it seems to me, is the demotion of hampered by the limitations of the It is just possible that there is no are, after all, a business. The real the grand portal on Smithfield Street to building itself, and one wonders if longer much variety in stock merchan- culprits in the story here are the chief the status of a side door giving no view another venue might not have provided dise to be found anywhere, but surely executives of the City and Mellon Bank. into the store or no view in fact to much a still more impressive facility. The old Lord & Taylor could have done better It was they who appear to have deliv- of anything. Frank & Seder building, or an entirely by us. I daresay that a comparison with ered that great building into the hands The extension of the four surviving new structure, were alternate locations their New York store would indicate of the May Company. Had they acted interior columns down to the lower level Landmarks recommended in the early that once again we have been slighted in with an appreciation of Pittsburgh and by the introduction of attenuated plinths days of the Lord & Taylor initiative, but the range and quality of what we are an acumen comparable to that of Lord may not have been an ideal solution, but they and other such notions appear being asked to buy. The example of the & Taylor, the new store would be since it is very nearly impossible to see never to have been given consideration. disparity between Saks New York and happily prospering at another, nearby the entire shaft from any vantage point, What is above discussion is the perva- Saks Pittsburgh is a well-known fact of location (one possibly with greater the awkwardness is not glaring. sive evidence of Lord & Taylor’s inten- life for the serious shopper, and I would spaciousness), and we would still have a Certainly, the form of the plinths itself is tion to give us an upscale retail opera- not be at all surprised, although might- splendid building to be used for loftier, unobjectionable and works well as seen tion of a kind that we have not enjoyed. ily disappointed, if Lord & Taylor had more appropriate functions that would from the basement level selling area. The materials and fittings are discreetly the same estimation of their Pittsburgh truly celebrate our city. The polygonal plinth has ample historic sumptuous, an effect beautifully market. When we recall the enormous Page 14 PHLF News • December 2000

Landmarks’ Educational Programs: In the Schools and

Our specialty is creating educational programs that use architecture as an interdisciplinary theme to awaken learning and make classroom curricula How I was feeling on the Fort Duquesne Bridge more relevant to the everyday life of students. When I was on the Fort Call Mary Ann Eubanks (412) 471-5808 Duquesne Bridge I felt like hot breath oving ext. 537 if you want to learn more about our I heard trees m like I was them educational programs and field-trip opportunities I moved for K through 12th grade students and teachers like angels I felt astonished in public, private, and parochial schools. like some one was tickling me Highlights of our work this year are featured on the sounds that were in me were the next four pages. waves swishing trains going choo choo like I was dancing smooth and a little loose by Shartae King

After-School Enrichment at Miller Third- through fifth-grade students from Miller School in the Hill participated with their mentors from Mercy Hospital and Landmarks’ staff in an after-school enrichment program, “Pittsburgh Citizens: Caring for Our City and Home.” Students asked questions about Pittsburgh, created fact cards answering those questions, filled treasure chest shoeboxes with Pittsburgh memora- bilia, and on May 31 performed a play showing off their knowledge and hometown pride. Knoxville Elementary School On February 29, Landmarks led a neighborhood walking Exploring Washington Road in tour for second-grade students to the “bridge that once was” in Knoxville. Along the way, students identified Mt. Lebanon photographic details, participated in perception games, On July 27, at least 80 children and parents searched for 101 photographic and pretended to be columns, arches, domes, etc. Melissa details along several blocks of Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon. Children Butler, the second-grade teacher, continued the “bridge noted the locations of the details on worksheets and then pasted each theme” with great success throughout the year, strengthen- detail in place on a huge map of the main street area. ing student skills in communication (research, writing, Landmarks organized this walking tour at the request of the Mt. reading, organizing, speaking, listening, and analyzing), Lebanon Public Library. Members of the Historical Society of Mount social studies, visual art, and movement. Lebanon and high school students helped lead the tour. In May 2001, the walking tour will be offered to all second-grade students in Mt. Lebanon, thanks to the cooperation of Landmarks, the Society, and the Library.

196 teachers participated in educational classes offered by Landmarks this year featuring local history and architecture. PHLF News • December 2000 Page 15 on the Streets Thank You Elementary School Docents, On May 1 and 2, 100 third-grade students from Fort Pitt Elementary School toured Volunteers, several blocks of the neighborhood near their school. They talked about the and Interns strengths and needs of the neighborhood This year more than 20,000 stu- and suggested new uses for some of the dents, teachers, members, and visi- vacant buildings. tors participated in Landmarks’ educational programs. Our staff Downtown could not have worked with so many people had it not been for our free- Dragons lance instructors and the support of 1,578 students toured down- our docents, office volunteers, town Pittsburgh this year on interns, and community planners this popular two-hour walking and architects who volunteer their tour across the Smithfield time and share their expertise. Street Bridge and along city Our docents and office volunteers streets. They found matches to alone contributed over 800 hours of 30 color photographs showing their time! creatures carved in stone. In We thank each of you for helping the process, students learned our education staff reach out to so about the history and architec- many people. ture of Pittsburgh and experi- Tour Docents Interns enced the sights, sounds, and Bob Bennett Alane Benson commotion of city life. Kathy Brennan Darren DeArment Marian Cook Alexis Fischoff Evvy Diamond Judith Heessels Robert Digby Kate Johnson Peggy Dimperio Julie Korade Arlene Dorow Kelley Stroup Mary Eror Tawyna Zemka Wilha Fallon Kim Fisher High School Annie Futrell Students Bill Garrett John Brown Karin Glass Lela Dewey Frances Hardie Andrew Ferguson Kate Hornstein Casey Gray Bette Landish Max Jones Carol Lewis T. J. Ranalli Bob Loos Audrey Menke Community Eliza Nevin Planners and Loren Rosenbach Architects Linda Schaum Bob Baumbaugh Marion Schorr Joanna Beres Peggy Snavely Tom Demko Ted Soens Hilda Ettedgui Stacy Stanton Michael Eversmeyer Ruth Stauffer Bill Hashinger Nancy Stewart Robert Indovina Barbara Stull Lisa Kozur Kathy Testoni Anne-Marie Lubenau Dorothea Thompson Jennifer McCarthy Neighborhood Peg Volkman Dutch McDonald Partners: Bishop Jack Zierden Eve Picker Office Volunteers Free-lance Leonard and Instructors Kate Arturo Manchester Charter Bob Bennett Hilda Ettedgui Virginia Keck Anne-Marie Lubenau This marked the final year of a William Keck John Nedley two-year pilot program, offered by Sam Levine Sue Neff David Roth Landmarks and the Carnegie Museum of Dom Magasano Art. Students from Bishop Leonard School Velma Sharpsky Ethel Stanton in Mt. Oliver and Manchester Charter School became pen pals and learned about We also thank the Associated the history of their neighborhoods. Artists of Pittsburgh, Louise Child In January students visited the Carnegie Care Center, and the Art Institute of Museum of Art to learn about exhibit- Pittsburgh for providing meeting making and to create their “squares” for space for some of our programs. a neighborhood quilt. Back in school, students built a model of their neighbor- hood, showing the houses, schools, and churches. These models were exhibited, along with the neighborhood quilts, in the New Volunteers lobby of USX Tower in May. Always Welcome! If you have some free time during the week and are interested in learning more about Pittsburgh’s history and architecture, then volunteer for the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation! We will offer a docent training session March 19–22 and 26–29, 2001. Call Mary Lu Denny at (412) 471-5808 ext. 527 for details. Page 16 PHLF News • December 2000

Summer Camp for Young “Architects” The Frick Art & Historical Society, in cooperation with Landmarks, offered a five- Greenway day summer camp in August for middle school Middle School students interested in architecture. The students Following a walking tour of the toured the Frick estate and neighborhood, and completed many main street area in West End art and architecture projects. They each constructed a model showing with Landmarks, seventh-grade what could be built on a vacant lot opposite one of the entrances students sketched favorite West to Frick Park. End houses. During nine art classes, they perfected their drawings and took the liberty of adding appropriate Victorian features (such as porches, brackets and vergeboards) if they were missing! Quaker Valley Middle School This year five schools borrowed Landmarks’ traveling exhibit, “Architecture: The Building Art.” After using the exhibit at Quaker Valley Middle School, sixth- grade students acted out the forces of tension and compres- sion, strengthened their observation and drawing skills, and prepared reports on architectural landmarks in the city.

Pittsburgh Middle School Gifted Program Seventh- and eighth-grade students toured downtown Pittsburgh with Landmarks in May, and then completed a semester-long unit, “Architecture: Math and Art.” Students drew floor plans to scale for a dream house they envisioned and then constructed the house out of cardboard. Student Mike Toth said: “Constructing the model was a good outlet for my creativity. It required hand-to-eye coordination and preci- sion. It was a challenge at times to turn my ideas into reality, but on the whole I was pretty successful.”

Upper St. Clair High School Seniors at Upper St. Clair wrote research papers in literature class on Pittsburgh landmarks, created poster displays, and designed power-point and video presentations. One of the best results of the project was that the students were required to leave the suburbs and drive all over Pittsburgh to photograph and find out about Phipps Conservatory, the Duquesne Incline, and other local landmarks. Many of them gained a new sense of appreciation for our city. PHLF News • December 2000 Page 17

Gateway Senior High Columbia Gas Sponsors School Landmark Survivors Landmarks created a “trip sheet” and led On Monday, June 19, Allegheny County Manager 43 high school students from Gateway on a Robert Webb, Columbia Gas President and CEO walking tour in Pitcairn along Broadway and neighboring streets. The tour on April 26 Gary J. Robinson, and Landmarks’ Chairman Philip was part of a unit developed by special edu- Hallen unveiled the Landmark Survivors exhibit cation teacher Holly Simmons, emphasizing during an evening reception in the main gallery of the strengths of the Pitcairn community and the Allegheny County Courthouse. family history. Students found the names of In Landmark Survivors, present-day color photo- relatives inscribed on a war memorial in graphs are paired with historic photographs to Pitcairn, and compiled illustrate the life stories of seven landmarks in the Gary J. Robinson oral histories based on Pittsburgh region: the Blockhouse; the commercial interviews with family buildings facing Fort Pitt Boulevard; Smithfield members and long-time Street Bridge; Allegheny County Courthouse; residents. Clayton; Kennywood Park; and Station Square. Funded by a Gateway The exhibit introduces the concept and value 2000 mini-grant, the of historic preservation and encourages people to history walk is the kind of participate in the planning and development experience, according to decisions that shape their communities. Holly, that gets students interested in learning more Thelma Lovett, architect John about their community Martine, and Landmarks and in becoming more trustee Art Edmunds, during involved in its life today. the opening reception of Landmark Survivors.

Landmarks trustee Ethel Hagler and executive director Louise Sturgess

The exhibit at the Sheraton. Now through December, Landmark Survivors can be seen in the Pennsylvania Room at the Carnegie Library in Oakland.

Landmark Survivors includes three components. 1. First, is the exhibit itself, where eight posters hang from a lamppost. The exhibit system can be easily transported, allowing the exhibit to be displayed in corporate lobbies, community centers, libraries, and historical sites. To date, the exhibit has been at USX Tower and the Koppers Building; the D. L. Lawrence Convention Center; The Shops at Station Square and the Sheraton Hotel; Conservation Consultants on the South Side; and the Carnegie Library in Oakland. 2. Second, is a series of posters. The exhibit panels have been reduced and reprinted as a series of posters. They may be purchased individually, or as a set, from Landmarks. Our office volunteers mailed letters to 999 people who have been members of Landmarks for ten years or more, offering them one—or all eight—of the posters for free. To date, 112 people/organizations have called requesting free posters! 3. Finally, there is a blank poster and a teacher’s guide so students can create their own posters featuring neighborhood landmarks. Landmarks hopes to create a Web site showing off the student posters in 2001. If you would like to reserve the exhibit in In the next issue of PHLF News, look for our feature on the new year, purchase a set of posters, or programs with the Pittsburgh Elementary Gifted Center have your students create their own and Allegheny Traditional Academy. Students are building Landmark Survivor poster, then call Mary Ann Eubanks at (412) 471-5808 models showing new designs for Allegheny Center in a ext. 537. project sponsored by The Pittsburgh Children’s Museum and Landmarks. Page 18 PHLF News • December 2000

Landmarks Honors Dean Werner South Side: Building Pride George L. W. Werner, recently retired as Dean of Trinity Episcopal News on the Neighborhood Assistance Program/ Cathedral, has been deeply com- mitted to both the spiritual and Comprehensive Services Program physical well-being of Pittsburgh. To honor his work, Landmarks In 1998, the South Side Local contributed to the fund to restore Development Company (SSLDC) Trinity’s churchyard, a place of burial since prehistoric times. received the highly competitive Members will be interested to Neighborhood Assistance Program/ know Trinity Cathedral published Comprehensive Services Program an account of the history of the (NAP/CSP), from the Commonwealth Episcopal congregation, founded in the 18th century, that still occupies of Pennsylvania’s Department of its third church edifice on Sixth Community and Economic Avenue, downtown. Trinity & Development. As SSLDC’s corporate Pittsburgh: The History of Trinity partner, PNC Bank has made a ten- Cathedral, by Helen L. Harriss, is illustrated with black and white year commitment to SSLDC totaling and color photos. The 214-page $2.5 million for an array of program- book includes a brief preface by ming in exchange for tax credits. Landmarks’ architectural historian, Walter C. Kidney. $49.95 cloth; The SSLDC has contracted with $19.95 paper. Landmarks to provide educational services to area schools and community groups and to create model landscape Event projects appropriate to the historic Students from Elementary show off their T-shirts featuring Lee Dittley’s Highlights character of the neighborhood. “South Side Hillside,” 1976. Landmarks contributes its staff time to Just over 1,000 create and lead the educational people attended programs and to oversee landscape Landmarks’ projects. Participation in the educational special events programs is free to the schools. this year. A As a result, during the 1999–2000 highlight included the Pittsburgh school year just over 1,000 students premier of Wonder Boys, starring from five schools, and senior citizens Michael Douglas, in the New and adults from the South Side, par- Granada Theater in the Hill ticipated in a variety of educational District. Proceeds from the programs including: February 24 premiere, which raised over $8,000, will help restore the • live performances of Building Magic, Students from Bishop Leonard pilot offered through Gateway to Music theater to its former glory. Pittsburgh Voyager’s Discovery. School Programs; Just two days later, under blue skies with record-breaking warm • field-trips aboard Pittsburgh Voyager’s temperatures, Landmarks held its Discovery, up to the Birmingham Fifth Annual Old House Fair at Bridge to view the South Side from Victoria Hall in Bloomfield; over 40 the river; restoration experts shared informa- • and walking tours of the main street tion and answered questions about area. home repairs and restoration to a Students from Phillips Elementary record-breaking crowd of 830. Landmarks designed a new T-shirt interview Josephine Kowalski in the Robert McNulty and Reid and postcard for all student partici- “Seniors and Students” program. Williamson spoke at the “Making pants. With the help of retired Phillips Cities Work” lectures on March 29 Elementary teacher Rosemary Grogan, Landmarks developed a kit of artifacts, and June 5, respectively. Our most “South Side: Back Then and Now,” popular tours this year included the for use in the schools, and launched a “Members Only Hard Hat Tour of pilot interview program, “Seniors Historic buildings come to life in the Old Jail” on March 10, our free and Students.” “Building Magic,” a play enjoyed weekly walking tours throughout Landmarks and the South Side Slopes this year by 485 South Side students the summer of the Fifth/Forbes Neighborhood Association created a and teachers. Jermaine Grayson in the area, and the November bus tours hillside garden at South 18th Street by Brashear Association’s Arts to “Arts and Crafts Sites in the public steps. What once was an eye- Apprenticeship Program sketches Pittsburgh.” sore along the bend in the road is now a new building for East Carson We are in the midst of planning a perennial garden designed to be com- Street during a walking tour our 2001 special events season, patible with the historic neighborhood. with Landmarks. so call Mary Lu Denny On September 23, more than 18 neigh- (412/471-5808 ext. 527) if you borhood volunteers spread 45 cubic have any suggestions. yards of mulch. Assistance also was provided by Lamar Advertising and Norfolk Southern Railway (owners of the garden site who leased the property to the neighbor- hood), and John Radcliffe of the Public Works Division, and his crew.

The newly planted garden at South 18th and Josephine Streets. PHLF News • December 2000 Page 19

Membership Benefits A Little History About Include Discounts at this Property B & Bs The following text is from a brochure written by the Delpapas. Need a break? Then plan an overnight at one of the following In the early 1800s there was a grist bed and breakfasts and receive a mill on the stream that runs along the east side of the property. Originally it 10% discount as a member of was owned and operated by the Freed Landmarks. family. A small family cemetery with Phone numbers for each bed and about six graves remains in the woods breakfast are given so you can call on the adjoining property. The mill was eventually sold to Mr. Kline, and for a brochure or current room many people still refer to the Inn at rates. Each B & B is in an historic Willow Pond as “the old Kline’s Mill” building and is well worth a visit! property. The original plot of land was The Western Pennsylvania Traveler: just over 100 acres and was also a working farm. By the late 1930s or Pittsburgh 40s, the three pole barns were erected and the Caleric family raised chickens Appletree Bed & Breakfast The Inn at Willow Pond in them. Mr. Caleric was also an ama- 703 S. Negley Avenue teur landscape architect and it was he Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Bernard Kent Markwell the machines and materials necessary who designed much of the property (412) 661-0631 for keeping the lawns and gardens in greenery. A large paper birch is just Most people regard traveling in our top form. behind the house and a lovely Morning Glory Inn Japanese Maple nestles among the northern climate as a proper diversion Afternoon refreshments are served, 2119 Sarah Street pines near the pond. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 for late spring, summer, and early and one has an opportunity to meet The original two-story house was autumn. Ordinarily, the wisdom is: fellow travelers and the owners, Bea and built around 1865. The Santa Fe and (412) 431-1707 after-Thanksgiving traveler beware! Chuck Delpapa. Not only are they out- Taos rooms, with 12-inch thick brick The Priory The weather might be uncertain, or, standing inn keepers––attentive to every walls, are all that remain of that struc- ture. By the turn of the century, there 614 Pressley Street even more likely, nasty. Yet, if weather need––but they are genuinely interesting Pittsburgh, PA 15212 forecasts are favorable and one does people in their own right. Chuck is an was an addition which is now the kitchen, dining room, living room, (412) 231-3338 not venture too far, the period from artist and designer, and Bea founded the and a couple of bedrooms upstairs. Thanksgiving through early April has Riverside cooking school in Cleveland. In 1978, Beldon and Terry Ham Shadyside Bed & Breakfast unique muted beauties that should not Originally from Colorado, they have bought the 120-acre property and 5516 Maple Heights Road be missed: the Gothic tracery of bare traveled extensively and their outlook is completely renovated and reconfig- Pittsburgh, PA 15232 branches against the sky, the vivid gently cosmopolitan. But they have ured the old place. The front part of (412) 683-6501 orange and red of lingering berries embraced Ohio—its flora and fauna, the house was added, where the office and library now are downstairs and the against evergreen branches and leaves; villages, towns, local industries, Victoria House two bedrooms are upstairs. The house Bed & Breakfast and, above all, the light—moody and products and markets—with genuine originally facing the road (south) was subtly shifting among gray, silver, and converts’ zeal. Their interests are legion; redesigned to face the driveway (west). 939 Western Avenue mother of pearl—when suddenly clouds they seem to know everything about the It was at that time that the present Pittsburgh, PA 15233 pass, the sky is a clear bright blue even area, including the birds! Ask them for fireplace in the living room was built (412) 231-4948 more luminous than in summer. Then dinner recommendations and retire to with antique brick. The mantel is a we realize why this season enchanted your room for a leisurely soak in an beam from the old barn. The wooden floors are “heart pine” from an old cot- herb-scented bath––or a Jacuzzi, if you Outside the City Japanese print makers and American ton mill that was torn down in Georgia. impressionists like Twachtman, and prefer––before dinner. The rooms are All of the woodwork, including the Country Road we want to become part of it. It’s the well appointed, relaxing, and tastefully stairway and beamed ceilings, was Bed & Breakfast perfect time for an outing, decorated. I was particularly pleased to installed in 1978. The front door, as 199 Moody Road an extended drive that takes discover a comfortable well as the doors to the office and coat Imperial, PA 15126 us away from it all for an chair with a lamp properly closet in the entry hall, are antiques (724) 899-2528 overnight. placed for reading. In the from the Boston area. The exterior of the house is redwood siding. The Inn on Grandview But where do we go? handsomely illuminated The Hams sold the house and 11 of Certainly it is important to common rooms the the 120 acres in 1991. The Delpapas Bed & Breakfast have a destination where Delpapas display their bought the house and 11-acre site in 310 E. Grandview Avenue accommodations are snug astonishing collection of 1994, and updated the house by Zelienople, PA 16063 and the welcome is warm Native American and stripping wallpaper and painting, (888) 544-3481 and inviting. My suggestion Mexican artifacts. remodeling the kitchen, replacing all of the wall-to-wall carpet, installing Maggie West is a ramble through the hills In the morning you can air-conditioning in the downstairs Bed & Breakfast of Western Pennsylvania choose between an authen- area, and adding recessed lighting. 605 Pittsburgh Street and eastern Ohio that will tic Mexican breakfast or a In March of 1998, the Inn at bring you to the Inn at magnificent country break- Willow Pond opened. Springdale, PA 15144 Willow Pond. fast in the dining room, or (724) 274-8906 The Inn is located on Ohio State weather permitting, on the patio. The Weatherbury Farm Route 517 midway between the towns dining room and patio overlook an Bed & Breakfast of Lisbon and Columbiana, both with extensive lawn gently sloping down to The Inn at Willow Pond 1061 Sugar Run Road sufficient attractions to merit a browse the pond. Birds abound, lured by strate- 41932 State Rt. 517 Avella, PA 15312 or more. The main building is a basic gically placed feeders. The pond attracts Lisbon, OH 44432 (724) 587-3763 vernacular nineteenth century farm- migrating waterfowl, and a great blue (888) 345-2809 house that grew up over the years. Like heron has settled there. The Whistlestop many famous European churches, the You might very well want to settle When members of Landmarks Bed & Breakfast present outer shell encloses an earlier there yourself. For reservations and fur- stay at the Inn, 10% of the cost 195 Broad Street structure, the remains of which are still ther information call 1-888-345-2809. of their lodging is donated to Leetsdale, PA 15056 visible in the attic. A picturesque assort- the Pittsburgh History & (724) 251-0852 ment of barns and outbuildings house Landmarks Foundation.

In Memoriam: Mary Jane Schmalstieg With deep regret we report that South Side activist and neighborhood historian Mary Jane Schmalstieg died on June 4, 2000. Mary Jane was an active supporter of Landmarks’ neighborhood restoration work and willingly shared her intimate knowledge of the South Side with our education staff. Just last year, she visited with a group of students who were participating in Landmarks’ “South Side History & Architecture Days”; her vivid description of the South Side in the early 1900s helped students understand how much life has changed since then. She also donated an old lock from her husband’s locker in the J & L Mill and copies of some historic photographs to our kit of artifacts, “South Side: Back Then and Now.” Always helping others, always working to improve her neighborhood, Mary Jane will be missed by all who knew and depended on her. Page 20 PHLF News • December 2000 JOIN LANDMARKS

Support the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in its work to: • Identify, document, and work to save architectural landmarks, Landmarks Awards Scholarships to historic neighborhoods, and historic designed landscapes in Allegheny County; Students and Neighborhood Leaders • Provide loans and technical assis- tance to community-based orga- College-bound students five years, an annual scholarship of I benefited tremendously from the nizations that propose feasible $1,000 will be offered to a Miller educational and field sessions I plans for historic properties; On May 26, David Brashear, a trustee Elementary School student who gradu- attended at the conference. Sessions • Participate in urban planning of Landmarks and chairman of the ates from high school and is continuing on endowment campaigns, ADA and issues as an advocate for historic Landmarks Scholarship Committee, his/her education in college or at a preservation, corporate franchise design, urban enter- preservation; announced that three senior high-school vocational/technical school. tainment districts, • Create educational programs students would receive four-year The scholarship is being awarded in and big city devel- for schools, community groups, scholarships, each totaling $4,000, to honor of Mrs. Margaret Burley, a members, and friends; colleges of their choice. opment were partic- teacher at Miller School, who has been ularly enlightening • Continue a well-managed, Scholarship recipients are: raising money for the past several years and applicable to responsive, and creative by selling candles to provide one the work I am membership organization with • Lara I. Malakoff, a graduate of scholarship for a Miller School student. doing on the South the ability to implement these Schenley High School and student at The Walton Family Scholarship will Side. The Trust is goals on a long-range basis. Carey A. Harris George Washington University; match Mrs. Burley’s scholarship. to be commended for the quality of sessions and speak- Membership Categories • Lauren M. Merski, a graduate of In a letter of thanks to Landmarks Margaret wrote, “I never thought that ers for this conference—it was truly ■ Individual $20 or more North Allegheny Senior High School one of the best conferences I have and student at Kent State University; this grassroots effort (selling one candle ■ Family $25 or more ever been to. at a time) would ever develop into this Overall, the conference helped me ■ Senior Citizen $15 or more • and Jennifer E. Schulz, a graduate of great benefit (two $1,000 scholarships) to put in perspective the relative ■ Schools and Mt. Lebanon Senior High School and for former Miller youngsters. This maturity of Pittsburgh’s preservation Non-profits $35 or more student at the University of Virginia. collaborative effort demonstrates how efforts, which I believe are largely ■ School Districts $50 or more we can make a difference when we the result of the fine work of ■ Ambassadors $100 or more The Landmarks Scholarship work as a team.” Landmarks. I also appreciated the Program is underwritten each year opportunity to network with ■ Corporate $250 or more The Walton Family Scholarship colleagues from all over the country ■ by the Brashear Family Fund, one builds on Landmarks’ work at Miller Life Benefactor $5,000 and from Pittsburgh. It was a (a one-time gift) of Landmarks’ Named Funds. School with the after-school enrichment Applications for the 2000–01 school great chance to share success and The portion of your dues exceeding $15 program sponsored by Mercy Hospital. year are now available. Applicants must: challenges and “talk shop” in a is tax-deductible. (Please see page 14.) stimulating environment. Exploring • be a resident of Allegheny County; Los Angeles was a great experience, • be a high school senior who has been Neighborhood Leaders too. It is a wonderfully diverse city accepted at a college or university; with a lot to offer. However, I found Becky Mingo, executive director of myself appreciating more and more, • have a cumulative Quality Point Development Associates, and our great city and the quality and Average at the end of the first semester Carey A. Harris, executive director of quantity of great architecture, senior year of 3.25 or greater; and the South Side Local Development neighborhoods, and things to see. • write an essay and complete and Company, attended the annual confer- submit an application to Landmarks ence of the National Trust for Historic Hillside houses, South Side by April 27, 2001. Preservation in Los Angeles, October 31–November 5, For further information, contact thanks to scholarship awards Call Mary Lu Denny at Mary Ann Eubanks at (412) 471-5808 from Landmarks. (412) 471-5808 ext. 527 for details ext. 537. Now in its second year, this on a multiple-year membership plan scholarship program is open to at a reduced rate, and for a listing The Walton Family executive directors or presi- of our membership benefits. Scholarship dents of neighborhood-based organizations in Allegheny Yes! Enroll me as a member of the At Landmarks’ Board of Trustees County who are members of Pittsburgh History & Landmarks meeting on November 9, executive Landmarks and are engaged in Foundation. I have enclosed a director Louise Sturgess announced the restoring historic buildings. contribution in the amount of creation of a new scholarship made ______. The following excerpt from possible through a grant from Mr. & Carey Harris’ letter to Photo by Jim Judkis Mrs. James M. Walton. For the next Landmarks describes the value Name______of the scholarship: Address______City ______Library Donations State ______Zip ______We thank William J. Dixon for donating three postcards and a copy of Pittsburgh Telephone (day)______Today, published by the Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1968, and (area code) Henry P. Hoffstot for donating a photograph of Pitt Stadium on the last day of its use before demolition.

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