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Published for the members of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation No. 130 July 1993 o Student Projects Feature Local History and Architecture ¡ Guests from Pasadena . Revisiting the Rachel Carson Homestead . Pittsburgh ArchÍtecture: St. Mary Magdalene Exploring Architecture

Thanlæþr opening our Et'es to a, aast dnxount of informøtion. You'ae kept our classroom, alíae.

-Jean Lee

Jean Lee was one ofthe 25 teachers who participated in Landmarks' Exp loring Ar c hit e c ture course June 14-18, offered through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's summer inservice program. Walter Kidney, Louise Sturgess, Mary Ann Eubanks, and Al Tannler of Landmarks introduced the teachers to Pittsburgh's architectural heritage and challenged them to enrich their traditional classroom curricula by exploring the architecture and history of their school communities r¡'ith their students. The hve-day adventure in architecture included walking and bus tours; slide shows and lectures; and hands-on activities. The teachers toured The Shadysid,e anti-porch rnoae¡nent: d Station Square, downtown Pittsburgh, sad reality glimpsed on our walking øun Allegheny West, and the East End area. They built architectural columns, constructed gargoyle masks, rubbed historic plaques, and sketched buildings in Allegheny West. They also became familiar with many of Landmarks' educational resources and were given copies of architectural survey information relevant to their school neighborhoods. Walter, described by one teacher as a "walking encyclopediaj'spoke on various aspects of architecture, and wrote the following in an introductory Tu¡o aaimdes touard maintenønce, essay given to the teachers: reuealed on Highland Aaenue in A work of architecture, to some Shadysi.de. extent, is a piece ofabstract visual art, a composition in which mass- ing, scale, proportion, texture, often are not really noticed can be color, and/or other visible quali- resources for learning. Ifchildren- are The entrq'nce of Rod.ef Shalom Congregatian in Shad,yside ß dnminaæd. by ø merwrah. ties are so well used as to impart encouraged to notice and learn about Here, Vaher Kidnq ß pointing out Henry Hornbostel's use of rnulti-colored terrø cott¡t in ø to the structure a special life, a historic buildings and places in their æchnique neu¡ in 1906. quality that seems to speak to you neighborhood, then they are more likely in a direct way that most con- challenging students to create a pen- hood and have them learn and write to take pride in. and care for. their com- struction does not. There is a and-ink landscape drawing in two-point about the founding families. This fall, munity. Through a study of architecture story called The Nuremberg SÍove or aerial perspective incorporating a one teacher plans to take her German and local history, Landmarks is able to in which a little boy who has historic building. students to Troy Hill, and to the ceme- introduce the value ofpreservation, the stowed away in a freight car full ol Enrich a science class by touring a tery there where they can rub tomb- value of saving and caring for neighbor- antiques sees that, as night falls, neighborhood, business district, or cem- stones with German inscriptions. hood landmarks as the future of a some of the antiques start a lively etery close by the school to identify r In art, have students look at the neighborhood evolves. conversation. Some, though, are different building materials and discuss exteriors oftheir school or ofneigh- silent. Why? "Those are the for- how each is affected by the environ- boring buildings, sketch architectural geries," a genuine antique ex- ment. details, and then sculpt such details in Exploring Architecture p articipønts don plains. This is the sort of contrast In math class, challenge students to clay. th.eir gørgoyle maslæ. implicit here: building that lives design and furnish a bedroom for them- Several teachers spoke of school clos- for us, building that is lifeless. selves. Each student would calculate the ings or church closings in their commu- ceiling height, floor area, and window At the end of each day, teachers dis- nities, and were interested in exploring dimensions, then refer a catalogue cussed how they could incorporate the to to in a social studies class the reasons for select and price all furnishings. study of architecture in their math, the closings, the value of the buildings In creative writing, ask students to to creative writing, social studies, science, the community, and possible ideas imagine that they are an historic language, or art classes. Some of the build- for the reuse of the buildings. ing and ideas? write about their life. Or have Many creative ideas were offered, and them pretend to be a town mouse, or much enthusiasm was generated as Enrich an art class by showing students any animal, living in a local landmark. teachers learned that the built environ- photographs of historic landmarks, In a foreign language class, take stu- ment the familiar places where we pointing out architectural details, and dents on a tour of an ethnic neighbor- live, work,- and play and that all too Page 2 PHLF News . July 1993 ffiNEWS

Captian P H & L F Correctinn We regret to say that an between 9 o.m. ond 5 p.m., af incorrect caption was given Coll Landmorks, lvlondoy fhrough Frídoy for the lead photograph of (412) 471-5808, for further informotion on the events listed below or to the cover story, "National make reservofions. Trust President Visits If you haven't been able to attend one Sun., October 2-5 p.m. Landmarks," on page one of 3 tours during the first the May 1993 PHLF News. of Landmarks' Monchester Wqlking Tour Actually, this photo half of this year, be sure to catch up Join Rhonda Brandon, executive shows National Trust presi with our tour enthusiasts this summer, director of the Manchester Citizens dent Richard Moe talking fall, and winter. We have had a suc- Corporation, and Stanley Lowe, with Landmarks' trustee cessful season so far: on April 1$ 88 director of Landmarks' Preservation Ethel Hagler during the members attended the Open House at Fund, for an afternoon stroll through March 8 bus tour of Pitts- Landmarks and reopening of The this revitalized l.{orth Side neighbor- burgh's historic neighbor- Landmarks Store; on April 28172 hood. We will learn about new archi- hoods and commercial members and friends toured Allegheny tectural designs, historic architecture, restoration projects. Ethel Hagler has been supportive of Land- population f,rnancial West; 76 people toured East Allegheny demographics, marks' work since its founding in 1964, and a leading force in resources, and current Manchester on May 121'134 people strolled historic preservation efforts on the North Side. programs as we tour private homes, through Homewood Cemetery on Our incorrect caption identified Ethel Hagler as Evelyn Hirtle. businesses, and churches. Actually, Evelyn Hirtle has long been a member of the Rachel lr4ay 23; people toured ^nd,42 Tour fare: $2 members; a leading force Wilkinsburg on June 23 Join us for Carson Homestead Society in Springdale, PA, and $5 non-members in the preservation and restoration of Rachel Carson's home. the second half of our hometown touring season. Sat., November 13 & Sun., November 14 11 a.m.-9 p.m. II a.m.-6 p.m. Wel,come [\euu Memberc Wed., 6-B p.m. September 22 Sixteenth Annuol Antiques Show the AspinwollWolking Tour The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation welcomes It's a fall tradition: the Pittsburgh joined following new members who recently Landmarks. We look Join members of the Aspinwall Centen- History & Landmarks Foundation's forward to their participation in our work and special events. nial Committee for an evening stroll annual antiques show at Station Ms. Jeannine L. Amos Ms. Myrtle Low through this vibrant neighborhood Square. This year, the Preview Party for Ms. Lillian L. Amuso Thomas W. McCargo along the Allegheny River with its state- members will be on Friday, November Meyer Berger George O. Morgan ly, well-kept homes, majestic trees, and 12, from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. (not on Ms. Minnette B. Boesel Mrs. George R. Myers flowering gardens. Aspinwall was laid Thursday evening as in the past), and Ms. Patricia Ann Buck Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. O'Connor out in 1890 by Henry Warne¡ superin- the show will be open to the public on Ms. Pamela Carter Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ribar tendent of the Allegheny County Work- Saturday and Sunday. Thirty-one deal- Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Carton, Jr. Mrs. Farrell Rubenstein house, on a plot of 155 pastoral acres ers will exhibit fine furniture, silve¡ chi- and family Chas Schaldenbrand purchased from Mrs. George (Annie) Ms. Geraldine Wood Davis Mrs. Josephine Schmidt na, and artwork. Aspinwall, who was then living in New Ms. Rose Marie Dayton John Schneider Suggested admission: 84.00 ( Proceeds York. Aspinwall was incorporated as a Franco Harris Mrs. Albert K. Sherman benefit the continuing restoration of the borough in1892, and is now celebrating Ms. Helen Hightower Mrs. Marilyn Siemering Neville House in Collier Township.) Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Kingsland III David L. Spence, M.D. its l0lst anniversary. and family Ms. Mary Janet Stetter Tour fare: $2 members; Evan Klein Ms. Harriet Szymanski $5 non-members Dr. Bernard Kobosky Ms. Marlene Weisdack Summer Evenfs ot the Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Lanke and family Dwayne D. Woodruff, Esq. Sun., SepÍember 26 Neville House in Ms. Doris LaPietra Ms. Ann Zebner p.m. 9:30 a.m.-9:30 Collier Township Bus Tour to Hisforic Johnsfown ond the South Fork Visit the historic Neville House of Corporate Memberc 1785 in Fishing & Hunting Club any Sunday July. The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation welcomes the Join local Johnstown historians and July 18: Whiskey Rebellion following corporate members: Landmarks staff members on this all- Celebration, free house tours, and Partners day bus trip to Johnstown and the near- a puppet show, "The Burning of Frank P. Hess & Company by South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club. Bower Hill" Port Authority Transit of Allegheny County We will visit the Johnstown Flood July 25: House tours, a talk on Museum, ride the incline, and tour "Early American Cookery," and an l8th-century bake sale Wel.come Shel@ South Fork and some interesting John- stown neighborhoods. Lunch and din- For times, events, costs, and details Shelley Bonidy, a junior at Miami Univer- ner are included. Details and fares will call Hazel Peters at 921-4728, sity of Ohio, joined the Landmarks staff in be mailed to members closer to the tour May as a sunìmer intern. She is majoring in date. history and English, so her talents and interests are well suited to Landmarks' work. Shelley has been helping Mary Ann Cifß n l-a,nd,ma,rlæ Eubanks and Louise Sturgess plan and lead The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks education classes; assisting Al Tannler in his Foundation gratefully acknowledges work to organize the artifact collection; and donations by: working with Mary Lu Denny to promote Daniel L. Bonk of Coraopolis, for and manage the summer membership tours. Cathy Broucek of the reproduced measured drawings of Station Square Promotions Office also has enlisted Shelley's Forbes Field. enthusiastic help for special events and marketing efforts. We are Mrs. Vincent Cirrincione of Ingram, for all pleased to have Shelley with us this summer, and hope that her a photograph of the lobby of the practical experience at Landmarks encourages both her interest in Nickelodeon motion-picture house in historic preservation and in Pittsburgh, her hometown. Pittsburgh. Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McCarthey of the Hill, for 1l commemorative plates commissioned by the Pittsburgh National Bank. The Serpentine Dríae in Schenley Parlt: Mrs. Harold Schachtelof Greentree, for fromPittsburg & Alleghen¡ aboolt. of PHLF News is pubtished five tintes each year Jitr the ntembers of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Founclation. It is supported through membership dollars, five color prints ofPittsburgh and Jones uiews c. 7895 recently donated ø proceeds from Station Square, and advertising revenue. & Laughlin in the 1950s. Inndmarlts. ArthurP Ziegler,Jr. ....President Louise Sturgess .. .EdÌtor/Executive Direclor Cathy Broucek . Director oJ Marketing, Station Square 'SØrrr Elisa J. Cavalier . General Counsel Powpn Mary Lu Denny . . . . DirecÍor of Membersltip Services Preserve our region's history and landmarks for future generations. ..AdvertisingSalesManager EricF.Dickerson...... Add the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation as a Mary Ann Eubanks . Education Coordinator Walter C. Kidney . . .Architectural Historian beneficiary under your'ùfi[. If you would like to discuss this Stanley A. Lowe . . .Direc'tor of the Preservation Fund giving option, please call Eric Dickerson at (41.2) 471,-5808. Albert M. Tannler ...... Archivist GregPytlik ... -Designer July 1993 o PHLF News Page 3 Bridge-Builder Prize Wimen Student Projects Feature Local Forty-five school students entered the Great Pittsburgh Bridge-Building I{istory and Architecture Contest on May 8, sponsored by Landmarks and the American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Section. The bridge-building contest was part of ments Surround Us." Students took Landmarks' sixth Hands-on History photographs of landmarks in down- Festival. town Pittsburgh, Oakland, Lawren- Each student spent many hours ceville, and Garheld, and described constructing his/her bridge out ofcard- what they saw. board, white glue, cotton string, staples, Fifty students from St. Aloysius in brabs fasteners, and masking tape. All Reserve Township presented "Pitts- participants received certificates in burgh by Grades | &2:'Exhibits The Cørnegie h*tituæ asfi.nßhed recognition of their hard work. included three-dimensional models of in 1895. Intheforegroundß St. Victor Bartolina of SAI Engineering the downtown Pittsburgh area, includ- Pierre la,ær and V/illiam Brocius of WTW Archi- ing the three rivers, Station Square, the Raaine" rt.Ued, for tects judged the bridges according to stadium, and business buildings, and Schenley Plaza. four categories in three age levels. letters that students wrote to their par- Landmarks is pleased to recognize the ents during a downtown trip. following prize winners: About 100 elementary students from Announcing a St. Agatha School in Monroeville New Publication Grades 1-4 A drawing W Ryo"Dru,za,kof the Smnd- presented 'Aspects of Pittsburgh." After Most Structurally Sound ard. Horse Nail Corporation of 1885 in researching a building's history, Matthew Simmons, Grade 3, A r c hit e ct ar e A.ft er Rí c hayds o n First: New Brighøn. students constructed models of the : Liberty Elementary inclines, PPG Place, Civic Arena, Gulf Regionalism Beþre Modeynism Second: Andrew Ricci, Grade 2, - Building, and others. Students also Longþllow, Alden, and Harlow in Northwestern Elementary tud"nts lrom thirteen area schools Q created posters and word signs describ- Boston and Pittsburgh Third: Nicholas Maradin, Grade 1, L) exhibited class projects at Land- ing Pittsburgh; drew portraits of people Forest Grove Elementary marks' sixfh Hands-on Hìstory FestÌval from Pittsburgh's past and created free- Margaret Hend,erson Floyd, Line and Shape on May 8 in the Station Square Festival standing characters; created a timeline First: Mark Chiarulli, Grade 3, Tent. The projects featured local history of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (beginning Liberty Elementary and architecture in many creative ways Conventional architectural history has in 1843) and a timeline of St. Agatha's Second: Anneliese Marshall, Grade 3, and showed how traditional classroom placed Modernism in direct opposition history (showing 115 years of growth); Linden Elementary curricula can be enriched through the to more traditional and regional design, and painted landscapes of Pittsburgh. Third: Todd Wilson, Grade 3, study oflocal history and architecture. to the latter's discredit. Architecture Minadeo Elementary The kindergarten class of Shady Side About 25 eighth-grade students from After Richardsotl suggests that the Arts Duquesne Color Academy Junior School in Point Breeze Catholic School in Duquesne and Crafts inclinations of firms such as made First: Stephanie Reinwald, Grade 3, made marionettes out of newspapeq a three-dimensional plywood Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, and the Howe School papier maché, paint, and fabric. A model of the Golden Triangle (with regionalism of their work, contributed Second: Benjamin Klein, Grade I Pittsburgh Pirate marionette led to the evolution of American Modern- Liberty Elementary Festival participants in a rousing ism and had its own tradition and Matt Devlin, Grade 4, Third: opening chorus of "Take Me out to the artistry, worthy of study. A.E. Stevenson Elementary Ball Game." The Pittsburgh office of Longfellow, Alden & Harlow Alden & Harlow Most Ingenious As part of a special class project, 13 - First: Max Keisler, Grade 1, hfth-grade students from South Side after 1896 - designed the Carnegie Greater Works Academy Elementary in Beaver County presented Institute, major and branch Carnegie Second: Timothy Wong, Grade 4, a play titled'A Trip Through Tirne: Libraries, the Duquesne Club, St. Edmund's Academy Pittsburgh skyscrapers, a variety of Mark Chiarulli, Grade The History of the Hookstown Fair" Third: ] Sewickley and East End houses includ- Liberty Elementary (18 85-1910; 19 47 -1992). Students played the parts of people who lived in l78t ing large rnansions, and numerous other 5-8 Grades 1843, 186Z 1885, 1910, 1924 (Honus buildings. This firm was comparable in Most Structurally Sound Wagner), 1937,1941, 198Ç and 1992 to Pittsburgh to McKim, Mead & White First: Brett Stevenson, Grade 8, tell the story of the Beaver County pot-holes in some of the roads and a in New York. Architecture After Mother of Sorrows Hookstown Fair. working fountain at the Point), and a Richqrd^ton offers the most extensive Second: David Beer, Grade $ treatment thus far given local architects. Mother of Sorrows South Side Elementary third-grade three-dimensional model of the Golden Triangle future, (with One element of the book is a works list Third: Stephen Fortwangler, Grade 7, students also visited Old Mill Creek of the a stadium of more than 350 buildings, the whole Mt. Lebanon Jr. High School Church Cemetery in Hookstown and in the Point-area, a newly-designed made gravestone rubbings. At the fountain, and space-age buildings). known output of both the Pittsburgh Line and Shape Festival, students showed visitors how Twenty-five gifted elementary and Boston offices. First: Chris Shipley, Grade & Mother of Sorrows to make old-fashioned spoon dolls, and students in Blackhawk School District certificates Second: David Beer, Grade & filled out birth for visitors. in Beaver Falls presented "Divided by Mother of Sorrows Eighth-grade art students from its Rivers, United by its People: the Third: Sean Lassiter, Grade Z Dorseyville Middle School in Fox History of Beaver County." Students Mother of Sorrows Chapel drew portraits of their ancestors constructed three-dimensional houses Color in styles appropriate to the time periods showing how people used to live; a First: Jessica Marshall, Grade 5, in which they lived, and added Penn- model of the Fort Pitt Tunnel; posters, Linden Elementary sylvania Dutch border designs. The pictures, and written descriptions of Second: Martha Duman, Grade J portraits were colorful and beautifully Beaver County landmarks. Mother of Sorrows done. Art students from East Allegheny Third: Briana Rusiski, Grade & Through the cooperation of the New School in North Versailles 175 Mother of Sorrows Brighton Area School District and the second-graders and 100 seventh-- and Merrick Art Gallery, about 150 third- eighth-graders Most Ingenious were required to Pitæburgh in 7890, u:hen First: Ryan Rusiski, Grade 7, grade students analyzed, interpreted, üeate a landscape- with local historical Lorqfelkru, Ald.en & Harlou; had Mother of Sorrows and evaluated the history ofart in their buildings and artifacts appropriate to been in practicefour years. Second: JonDezztttti, Grade & community. They toured six historical the time period. Students were "sur- Mother ol Sorrows sites in New Brighton, drew pictures of prised to learn that they live in a place Third: Jesse Wilson, Grade 5, each site, and then designed and printed with historic buildings . and that the Minadeo Elementary . Available in November. Co-published by a walking tour brochure, "Through the buildings they see every day have a The University of Chicago Press and the Grades 9-12 Eyes of New Brighton Children," that is history to them." Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Most Structurally Sound now given to visitors. During the Spring Cultural Arts Fes- Foundalion Erik Meurer, Grade 9, First: Twerity-nine students in Grades tival, students at Markham Elementary 9" x 12", approx. 559 pp.,350 halftones, Perry Traditional Academy Three and Four from McCleary School in Mt. Lebanon created a"city II0line drawings. 860, cloth. Members of Second: Dan Gravenes, Grade lQ Elementary in Lawrenceville created an mural." Children of all ages drew Landmarks receive a 100/0 discount. Perry Traditional Academy exhibit titled 'Architecture and Monu- pictures of favorite Pittsburgh buildings Line and Shape or places, cut them out, and taped them oaaaaaaaaaoaa First: Dan Gravenes, Grade lQ onto an enormous cityscape mural. Perry Traditional Academy To commemorate the 90th anniver- Yes. I am interested in ourchasins Second: Ben Flood, Grade 10, sary of Linden Elementary School in copies of Architecîure After Richardsonby Perry Traditional Academy Squirrel Hill, students learned about the Margaret Henderson Floyd. Please send me Color architecture of their school. They complete book order information. First: Dan Gravenes, Grade 10, sketched architectural details, con- Perry Traditional Academy structed columns, and created stained Name Second: Erik Meure¡ Grade 9, glass windows. Perry Traditional Academy Fifth-grade students in the enriched Address Most Ingenious reading class at Central Elementary in First: Erik Meurer, Grade 9, Hampton Township created a booklet Max Keisler, infirst grad,e a,t Grea,ter Perry Traditional Academy titled "School Days: Stories of the Second: Dan Gravenes, Grade 10, Worlts Acad.emy, cotætru,cted, thß bridge. Past." Students interviewed adult Please complete this form and mail it to Perry Traditional Academy Shirley Kemmler, Pittsburgh History & He was th.efirst-pktce uinner in the "Most friends and family members to discover Landmarks Foundation, One Station The Crowd Pleaser Award Ingeniotts" co,tcgory Grades One their unforgettable school experiences, for Square, Suite 45Q Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1170. Brett Byers, Grade 3, through Foun and then wrote stories based on their Clayton Traditional Academy conversations. Page 4 pHLF Nats . July 1993

P ìtt s b ur g h/Føllí n gw øt e r Architecturül Study Guests from Pasadena Tbur 1993 Tnp Albert Tannler This is the title of a 118-page book as well as of an event, one that gives The tour, which features a day at Falling- LnNoMARKS evidence of the lengths to which the water, . . . will focus attention also on Gamble House people go in prepara- the extraordinary architectural heritage tion for a major outing. Thirty-four SroRE buildings and places visited during the in and around Pittsburgh and having significant connections to architects The Book and Gift Shop of the four-day tour to Pittsburgh in May are presented, with extensive quotations Pittsburgh History 8¿ Landmarks Greene & Greene, the Arts and Crafts Foundation from Jamie Van Trump, Walter Kidney, Movement, the early Modern Movement Franklin Toker, and others who have and those who demonstrated individuality written about Pittsburgh's architectural heritage. There also is information on and creativity, and with their extra- city attractions, and there is a self- ordinary gifts, allow us to appreciate the guided downtown walking tour based Beaux-Arts school through new eyes. on Landmarks' Pittsburgh in Your Pittsburgh has an architectural legacy of Pocket. extraordinary quality not that well The Pittsburgh/Fallingwater Architec- tural Study Tbur 1993 booklet, edited by knownnationally. .. Randell L. Makinson, is primarily a This tour is designed to broaden the collection of pre-existing information awareness of those dedicated to The and Xeroxed graphic material, but Gamble House through the study of assembled in an original and perma- works by contemporaries of Charles and nently useful manner. Makinson has Henry Greene, and of those who, in one a most useful over- {tûr written introductory The Hffiøt house ín Shadysidø Draøing view and included a glossary and bi- way or another, influenced their own ographical sketches of the architects. career directly indirectly, or by context. Gamble House and author of the Copies of the publication can be seen in Important also is the study of the definitive study of Greene & Greene, Landmarks' library. dramatic revitalization of Pittsburgh said: "For many years our members enhanced through the creative reuse and have been asking, 'When are we going The SIA Was Back preservation programs of the Pittsburgh to visit Fallingwater?'The question for History & Landmarks Foundation. us was, 'What else is there?' " At the beginning of June, the nation- Makinson knew of course that Røndell L. Makínson wide Society for Industrial Archeology Pittsburgh had three buildings designed Platter held its 22nd Annual Conference in Píttsburgh/Fallíngwater tour book by H.H. Richardson, the outstanding 11, 1./2"x81/4" Pittóburgh. It was their first meeting American architect (together with here since 1914, and for some the The David B. Gamble House, a Nation- Philadelphia's Frank Furness) of the contrest would have been poignant. In al Historic Landmark in Pasadena, second half of the 19th century, and an 1974 fhe members saw J&L open-hearth California designed by Charles and architect, like Frank Lloyd Wright, of furnaces in operatién. (Now, even the Henry Greene in 1901, is the interna- special interest to the Gamble House 'W or ld-r enown e d r ep r o ductions electric furnaces that replaced them and tionally recognized masterpiece of the constituency. But what else, if anything, from rare antique originals the building that held both have gone.) tr¡rn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts was there of architectural merit to They saw hea'ly insulators tested to fail- Movement in America. The Gamble justify a four-day tour and a distance of ure at Westinghouse Electric, simulated House, which is afflrliated with the some 2,500 miles? emergency stops at Wabco, and the in- University of Southern California In November of 1992, Randell Trrp DUKE oF teriors of Uäon Switch & Signal. Still, School of Architecture, has offered its Makinson contacted Landmarks; books the present crowd seemed to find much GToUCESTER members a study tour to a significant on Pittsburgh's architects and archi- to interest them, and especially enjoyed architectural destination in the U.S. or tecture were dispatched from The The jewel in Colonial \Tilliams- a boat trip to Elizabeth. Landmarks abroad, about every other year. The Landmarks Store to Pasadena and hosted a reception on Friday evening, burg's collection of fine English 1993 tour was held in Pittsburgh and at Makinson met, via the telephone, June 4, and an architectural/industrial from May 13 through 16. Walter Kidney and me. Over a six- ceramics is a platter from a dinner Fallingwater, walking tour in the Triangle on June 6. The tour coordinator, Randell L. month period, via telephone and fax, an service commissioned by William A side benefit was a'convention guide Makinson, director emeritus of The itinerary emerged. Even in the first Henry, Duke of Gloucester, circa that includes essays on Pittsburgh 1770. industry and industrial plants. We have The Gamble Hotne tour particþønæ aßited "Fallínguøtcr" in Føyeffie County, This platter, with its naturalis- this in our library for members to designed in 1936 by Frønk Lloyd Wri6ht. tic fruit cluster surrounded by review. butterflies and berries all framed in gold, is a superb example of the sophisticated enamalling prevalent in 18th-century English porcelain. The antique is on display at The Dewitt'Sflallace Decorative Arts Gallery at Colonial rü/illiamsburg. These reproductions are available by special order only for Landmarks' members at a20o/o discount. A converted church serving award-winning cuisine. Reseruations call 682-1 879

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routes between them; Walter produced Henry Hoffstot graciously hosted a Deay Mr. Tannler, detailed route maps and he and I drove reception for tour members, Pittsburgh I do believe thøt everyone on The Gamble and timed them. homeowners, and friends, at his home House Tour høs øfeeling of pride that ln late March, Randell Makinson, on Fifth Avenue to conclude the first they høve díscovered a wonderfully kept accompanied by architectural photogra- full day of the tour. sec,'et Píttsburgh! lle've ølI tøken it to pher Thomas A. Heinz of Chicago, The Pittsburgh architectural tour our hearts.- I cøn't thønk you enoughþr arrived in Pittsburgh for final site selec- resumed on Sunday, May 16 The yow møny hours of preparøtíon to get tion and photography; the photographs Gamble House tour visited Falling-- would be used in a lectureislide preview water on Saturday with visits to reødy for thís West Coast invasíon. We for tour participants given in Pasadena Longfellow, Alden -& Harlow's thønk youfor sharing your vøst knowl- on April 29, and as illustrations in the "Sunnyledge," designed in 1886, and edge. You really rolled out the red cørpet tour booklet given to each attendee. As 20th-century houses designed by Walter þr us ríght down to perfect weøther. a relative newcomer to Pittsburgh, I was Gropius, Robert Venturi, Richard Thank you so very much. delighted to share the enthusiasm of Meìer, and Pittsburgh architect and Very síncerely, these architecturally sophisticated Taliesin Fellow Peter Berndtson. The Vírginiø Maytens visitors as they visited and photo- tour then traveled downtown where, graphed, not only Richardson's well- after a walkthrough of the City-County ( A member of the Pittsburgh/Fallingwater known buildings, but the fine work of Building (Edward B. Lee, with Palmeq Íour committee) Pittsburgh architects little known Hornbostel & Jones, l9l5-17), the tour nationally. Their pleasure in the quality concluded with an hourJong visit the to Deay My. Kídney, and newness of this work grew as we Allegheny County Courthouse. I'm still on the clouds The Gømble entered Alden & Harlow houses in In this tour we had that special pleas- from House's tour your Edgeworth, Thornburg houses modeled ure that comes from seeing ourselves of beloved city. What ø on early 20th-century Southern Califor- through the approving eyes ofothers. privilegefor us to have you øs our guide. nia prototypes, Henry Hornbostel's Our visitors genuinely enjoyed what Youy vøst knowledge and øbilíty to show Carnegie Mellon University campus they saw, in Pittsburgh as well as in your city made the tour very specíal. I buildings, Frederick Scheibler's splen- Fallingwater. thank youþr the møny hours of prepørø- did Whitehall and Highland Towers tion you expended on our behølf, I thínk ong.I apartments, and Peter Berndtson's evevy peyson on the tour loves thøt delightful Usonian Steinberg house. "they" høve discovered Pittsburgh. . . . They were further impressed by the Thønk you very much. city's landscape, by the preservation Sincerely, and urban development achievements Vírginin Martens of Landmarks on the North Side and at Station Square, and by the openness and graciousness of the neighborhood historians and homeowners who wel- comed them without reservation. On May 12, 85 tour participants the maximum number allowed began- to arrive in Pittsburgh armed with- a 118-page, fully-annotated, fully- illustrated tour book which decisively answered the question, "What else is there?". Many of the participants, who included Gamble House director Edward R. Bosley III, and two of Henry Greene's granddaughters, were veterans of earlier architectural tours and would adhere to the schedule, C alu ary Epßcop øl Church in Shadyid.e. Randell assured us, with unconìmon f,rdelity. month of planning it appeared that And so they did. Thursday, May 13 Pittsburgh offered agreat deal of was designated as an open-ended day interest Randell's fìrst preliminary which featured a self-guided walking "wish list"- included 47 sites (and neigh- tour of downtown buildings and sites borhoods) for visitation on the first day and allowed for late arrivals. The first of the tour! On December 8, I wrote to full-day tour of Pittsburgh architecture him: "Frankly I'm concerned that there began on Friday, May 14 at7:45 a.m., may be too much to see and, particular- with breakfast in the Grand Concourse. ly, to visit, in the time frame." The three V/alter, Landmarks president Arthur ofus pondered tour stops and the Ziegler, and I were introduced, and each spoke briefly before our visitors board- ed the tour buses. Vy'e traveled to the North Side and through the Man- chester, Allegheny West, and Mexican Emmanuel Epßcopal Church in Allegheny West. Dranníng by li[iWer Fong. War Streets historic districts, with stops at Calvary Methodist Church and H.H. Richardson's Emmanuel Episcopal Church. On to Oakland, a turn through WaIær Ki.dney ad.dresses the aßiørs" Schenley Farms, and arrival at The Car- negie and the University of Pittsburgh campus. After lunch we visited Rodef Shalom Temple and the Carnegie Mellon University campus; Walter, who is researching and writing a-book about Henry Hornbostel, discussed the architect's work. After visiting churches designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Ralph Adams Cram, and Carlton Strong, we devoted the remainder of the afternoon to buildings designed by Frederick G. Scheibler, Jr. Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity architectural archivist Martin Aurand, whose book on this early 2Oth-century Pittsburgh master will be published in 1994, gave an overview of The Grønd. Concourse Restaura,nt at Scheibler's work on the lawn at Sntian Squa.re. Drauing by MíIIer Fong. Highland Towers. Page 6 PHI,F News . July 1993 r e S e r v ti c e e

should be ornament, a little but telling Troglodyte Basketball in and well-placed, and simple rectangular the Forgotten Ravine? windows, elements of well-proportioned Mid-May brought an almost-casual facades. What are needed on these mention inthe Tribune-Review that Pitt exteriors are repose and taste, com- is considering putting its 1t000-seat position judged so nicely that One convocation center-cum-basketball Thousand seems at once to belong arena underneath Schenley Plaza. among the mansions. Such a result is Landmarks was Wh relieved to see that the obtainable, Landmarks believes. University had given up putting such a great volume as a sort of crate within Junction Hollow, but the thought of a ;:=ì:l convocation center on Schenley Plaza, even a concave convocation center as it Schenley Plaza, a 7936 d"tW" The Gwinner-Harter house on Fifth Aae- were, hidden mostly from sight, is dis- probably not come to pass: this is a nue in Shad.yside, before thefi.re of 1986. turbing too. You would have to get situation analogous to the Oakland A Gwinner-Harter Successor? It000 people in and out somehow, Corporation's plans for Junction provide parking for most of them On April ll a rendering and long Hollow 30 years ago: to some, any void somewhere, get service article published in the Post-Gazette vehicles, at least, pleads to be filled with useful space. underground, and provide described a likely replacement at Fifth air- To think, though, that Schenley Plaza conditioning intakes and and Amberson Avenues for the ruins of outlets. This replaced the older St. Pierre Ravine to the Gwinner-Harter house. give the Schenley Fountain a land- In general, an architect who designs scaped setting and provide an ample for the site of a notable demolished Babcock House Gone entrance to the Park! Here are building is not to be envied; as long as Deplorably, on May 22,the Edward proposals for revising the Plaza, one memories are fresh, his building is Vose Babcock mansion at "Vosemary from192l, only a few years after the judged by an unusually high standard. Farm" in Pine Township was deliber- Plaza's initial design was adopted, one The Gwinner-Harter house was one of ately burned in a fireman-training from 1936: no parked cars. the most splendid and conspicuous exercise. The Colonial Revival house Victorian houses in the city, and its was listed in Landmark Architecture of Aztec Gold burning-out in the summer of l98Q Allegheny County (1985) as an architec- The Tenth Street Bridge, Pittsburgh's weeks before restoration was com- tural landmark worthy of preservation. only conventional suspension bridge with anchorages that weigh down the pleted, was one of the biggest frus- The owner had no use for the house, Schenley Plaza, a 1921 design trations in local preservation history. Its which had been empty for some years, catenaries, is to get much-needed successor, at the edge of a handsome and could not get liability insurance for sounds visually disruptive, much as the repairs. That is good. But then it is to neighborhood of large houses, needs it. He wanted to keep the land, accord- parking garuge under the Soldiers' be painted, once again, Aztec gold. This not so much to replace one mansion by ing to a Tribune-Review article. Our Memorial is. And not too practical, is a detestable color, oire that enfeebles another that seems unrealistic but picture shows the house as it was since it involves taking a nip out of the effect of strength that a bridge's to put a -home or group of homes -on the around 1980. Schenley Park and getting a Certificate structural members should create, starts site that will ht in visually. of Appropriateness from the Historic offloud and flashy, then fades to a sort What One Thousand Amberson, a Industrial Art Exhibit Review Commission (Schenley Plaza is of mucus tone. Other cities use strong new clevelopment is proposing to One hundred and hfty-six documents, in a City Historic District) as well as blues and greens, and even an intense -srou^o. build to designs by Seigle Solow Horne paintings, sketches, engravings, litho- handling the people and vehicles. It will red might be beautiful. is a 1O-unit condominium with two graphs, etc. were displayed in the Henry residential floors, each unit having t000 Clay Frick Fine Arts Building at the square feet and the first-floor units University of Pittsburgh from June 3 being garden apartments. The pedes- through June 30. The exhibition, "The trian entrance and garage will be below Artist Looks at Industrial Pittsburgh: grade, entered from Amberson Avenue. 1836-1993," was a fascinating overview Exterior materials are to be red brick of "a local iconography of industry." and limestone. At 15,000 square feet per Landmarks contributed the following residential floor, we have a footprint items to the exhibition: a letter by equal to 150 by 100 feet on atrapezoidal Benjamin Henry Latrobe, illustrated property 235 feú on Fifth Avenue and with small sketches, describing 160 feet deep. Compare this with the Pittsburgh in l8l3; a "View of Pitts- Gwinner-Harter house, about 60 feet on burgh, 1859," lithographed and pub- its Fifth Avenue front and set back 100 lished by V/illiam Schuchman; feet, and the loss ofgreenery and space "Manufacture of Iron: Tapping the is obvious. Still, the new building has a Furnace," a wood engraving published chance to be a good architectural neigh- by Harper's Weekly on November l, bor to the Hillman, Hoffstot, McCook, 1873; an advertisement for the Black and Amberson Avenue houses near by. Diamond Steel Works, published in the For this to happen, the elevations pub- August 14, 1880 íssue of Scientific lished April 17 should be fully American; "The Workers and Their restudied. The wall materials of the ad- Dwellings at Pittsburgh Coke Oven," a joining houses tend toward white and wood engraving published in the July J gray, and it seems reasonable to have 1888 issue of Harper's Weekly; and the same at One Thousand. The "Industrial Scene," by Aaron Harry Hillman and Hoffstot houses are Classi- Gorson. cal. very balanced in their composition A very handsome exhibition catalog and inclined to be quiet in their detail- was published. Members of Landmarks ing, and this rather than the Tudor can browse through it in our library, on boisterousness of the McCook house the fourth floor of The Landmarks seems a good precedent to follow. There Building. Preserve a Part of HistorvI W¡th Integra Bank. Btry and renovate the home of your dreams Elegant Temporary Housing w¡th our Historic Rehabilitation Mortgage. You admired the beautiful woodwork, PLUS, there's no Private Mortgage the marble fireplace, the old-world lnsurance required, and you can Decorator Furnished Studio, One or charm. 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hat distinguishes the AncHTTBCTURAL Grrrs Rachel Carson Homestead is not the old farmhouse As those who visit the shop know, The per se, but its significance Landmarks Store has increased and as the formative nurturing place of a improved its gift selection. Some items remarkable American visionary, scien- have a Pittsburgh theme, some exhibit tist, and woman. A traveling exhibition fine design and/or workmanship; here, "Rachel Carson A Reverence for we want to focus on gifts that are Life," prepared and- maintained by the particularly "architectural. Rachel Carson Homestead Association, " The two American giants of art-glass states, "Rachel Carson's legacy was design in the 19th-century are both to create a conscious, public John LaFarge (whose only work for Pitts- awareness of our place within the deli- burgh is the window in the cate web of life, and to demonstrate the "Fortune" Frick Building) and Louis C. Tiffany, courage to bring that awareness to bear whose executed many upon human society." Her personal firm commissions in the Pittsburgh area. Examples awareness of her own place within the of their glass masterpieces-as well as window delicate web of existence began and designs by unfolded in the simple farmhouse Frank Lloyd'S7right-have been beautifully reproduced in high- located 17 miles northeast of Pittsburgh Courtæy of lnndmarlr Desþ Asociatæ quality stained glass in smaller sizes in the Allegheny River town of Spring- A rend.ering of th,e restored. Hornestead,, suitable for hanging or free-standing in a dale. The farmhouse is now listed on and a.phoøgraph of iæ present staæ. specially designed support stand. Prices the National Register of Historic Places. range from about to Rachel Carson was born in the $25 $75. Although small, the grounds, with The innovative designs of LaFarge, Homestead in 1901 her childhood was plantings and outdoor lecture area, are and are spent here ç¿¡l remember no Tiffany, Iüright not limited to as important as the house in the vigor- stained glass, of course. Their designs time," she wrote,-'cl "when I wasn't inter- ous educational program. appear various guises, some ested in the out of doors and the whole in of which The Homestead is open to the public are currently in stock at the store- world of nature. . I was rather a on weekends from April through notecards and postcards, decorative solitary child, and spent a great deal of November from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours boxes, yes, magnets. time in the woods and beside streams, and, Three items- are available by appointment, and one per learning the birds and insects and artist-should be singled out for Pittsburgh-area school children are unusual quality and interest. flowers" and she continued their An to live among the most frequent visitors. Each there with- her family, through her L889 LaFarge design, "Butterflies and May, Rachel Carson Day is held to graduation from what is now Chatham Foliage," has been recreated in an celebrate the anniversary ofher birth attractive, 1 College, until 1929 when she went extraordinarlly 00% silk to special environmental exhibits are on - graduate school at Johns Hopkins scarf for $42. The three Tiffany win- display, outdoor activities such as wild- University in Baltimore. dows of Pittsburgh's Calvary Methodist flower walks are held, and music and Today, the journey up Route 28 Church, c. 1893, are now illustrated on Old food are provided. In the summer, through Springdale is well marked. who is active in environmental educa- postcards ($0.80 each), and notecards: a One "Wonder Week" is held each year for leaves the main street, Pittsburgh Road, tion and advocacy. set of nine, three of each window, costs children in Grades One through Six; and travels fiüe blocks up a hill to Most historic sites commemorate $14. A window from'!Øright's Oak Park hands-on environmental classes demon- past glories Marion Avenue; there, 613 or a bygone way of life. The Studio has been recreated in chrome for at Marion, strate the interrelationships inherent in stands the farmhouse, built some time Rachel Carson Homestead Association $48.9s. the natural (including human) world. preserves the birthplace after 1870. It occupies about an acre of ofinsights and Members of LandmarÞs receiue a 10o/o Each year the Homestead Associa- activism land, all that is left of 65 acres of wood- crucial to the quality of our discount on all items. tion sponsors two major events for present and lands and orchards. The building has future life. Ifyou adults the annual conference and the - join - Tu¡ L¡,NnueRxs Sronn been enlarged, several tall trees remain, - would like to the Association or annual benefit dinner. The 1993 con- learn more about the B¡,rcoNv Lpvrl and the grounds are covered with dense tours and special ference, held in April, was a day-long THB SHops Rr SrerroN SquenE plantings of native Western Pennsylva- events, call (412) 27 4-5459. exploration of the use of pesticides in Pnrssuncn, P A. r zr9-n7 o nia vegetation. The membership form 5 of schools and alternative solutions to the the Homestead Association, founded 4rz-765-ro4z in use of toxic chemicals. The annual 1975 to preserve the house as a center benef,rt dinner is held each year on the for the study and continuation of campus of Chatham College. This year, Rachel Carson's work, describes the site 190 guests dined on the lawn on June as an "oasis." The Homestead may be a 16. The guest speaker was Teresa Heinz, simple building the original four- room clapboard- farmhouse remains at the center, not too altered - but, set on its verdant hillside, it exudes great digni- @@ffi ty and strength; all the more for the contrast with the relatively bare yards BnSSEMER CoURT and the undistinguished design of the surrounding suburban tract housing MBnrrNc Roovr that now occupies former Carson farm OpnNs acreage. Early this summer, Homestead direc- Schedule your next meeting, tor Claudia James led Walter Kidney conference, lecture, or reception in the and me through the house and grounds, conveniently located Bessemer Court and talked with us about Homestead Meeting Room at Station Square. programs. We walked through the Tne SocrETY FoR The main room can comfortably seat house which is furnished in a "period" THE PRESERVATION OF way but with few Carson family belong- 80 people or up to 100 people at a ings; the "Reverence for Life" exhibi- stand-up reception. Catering from tion is there for those awaiting tours, Station Square restaurants is available, and a small gift shop carries books by as are the standard meeting room and about Rachel Carson and environ- DU0UE$ilE iltCIilr amenities. The space can be expanded, mental topics. weather permitting, into Bessemer The Homestead Association hopes to Court for a beautiful riverside restore the house to its original state. Dedicated to the preservation of reception. Restoration would entail primarily sub- that which cannot be replaced For further details ard reservation traction of elements added by a later information call Dan or Cathy at owner the cast-iron front porch, the - (412) 47t-5808. casements at the rear, and the rear and For a membership side annexes. please Rn¿.sox¡.¡r,n RBNr¿,r- FrBs IT Dhone 381-1665 Page 8 PHLF Nats . July 1993

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¡ Free subscription to PJILF l,{ewr, our membership newsletter published five times each year. ¡ Free subscription to All Aboard!, the Station Square newsletter published four times ayear. o Many rewarding volunteer opportuni- ties. . A 10o/o discount at The Landmarks Store in The Shops at Station Square. . Free initial consultation on landmark designation and preservation advice for A rose uindow, wíth its terra,-cotto, surround. your historic property. . Free access to our historical and T archiLeci.urai reiererrce iibrary in The Landmarks Building at Station Square. ¡ Discounts on, or free use of, all educa- I n"". cited this Homestead church before, both as an ln the 7930s, St. Mary Mogd.øIene had a disastrots tional resources. edifice threatened with closing unless the parishioners can fi.re. Reconstruction loas entnnted, to I-a,mont Butlon, ct . Reduced rates on tours, and invitations raise sizable funds, and as an example of a remodeling that good desi6ner in a period inblerant of Vícøria.n to lectures, seminars and special events. altered the "historic" character of a building so as to effect a architecture. He left Sauer'sfront doorway and some big improvement. Official historic preservation, based on the of his other masonry but added new doonrsays, rose Membership Categories Secretary of the Interior's standards, cannot countenance uindows, tra,ceríes, ønd diaperíng in rich deep-red such remodelings unless the damage was done respectably briclt and terrd, cottn - rnaæríal he used in tuso Please enroll me as a member of the long ago, but then its viewpoint is academic, not aesthetic. nearby churches, St. Ar*hnny's and St. Ni,cholasl Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. I have enclosed a tax- deductible contribution in the amount of (check appropriate category):

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