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Address Correction Requested PHLF In thís íss¿e: o A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Landmarks in Allegheny County o The Western Pennsylvania Traveler: Amazing Town to the North o Pittsburgh's Landscape Tradition ¡ Pittsburgh Arehitecture: Materials

No. 738 Møy 7995 Publßhedfor the ¡nembers of the Píttsburgh Hßtory & Lønd¡narks Foundatinn Preservation Fund Loans Initiate and Continue Neighborhood Revitali zation

Landmarlts' Preseraation Fund contínues its MCC's offices are temporarily located in one of these. and UDA. It is the intention of the Black Street Project to actiue role in community and neighborhood deuel- Five of the units are rented at market price and one is improve living conditions and stabilize property values in rented as a Section 8 unit. MCC manages and maintains the area. When completed,20 buildings will be involved. opnxent thß year with new projects and, continuíng the building. The revitalization of housing will be tied to plans to technícal support in three cíty neighborhoods. $20,000 of the loan will be used to enable MCC to develop a small retail area, including a grocery and drug Through collaboratiae ffirts with local banks purchase and restore a row house at 1333 Liverpool store, at Mossfield Sueet and North Aiken Avenue. GJA and with uariotu citizens' groups, Land.marks has Street. Upon completion, the Victorian structure of 1882 development assistant, Thea Young, has called Preser- will be a single-family unit. vation Fund support "invaluable to the community." aid,ed, in the purchase and, rehabilitatíon of older As we reported in the July 1994 PHLF News, a 1994 propertíes to reaitalize communities. Recent Preservation Fund loan of $250,000 enabled MCC to projects in Manchester, Garfteld., and. Wilkinsburg embark on its first commercial venture acquisition of - I demonstrate Landmarlcs' strong, ongoing com- the Rippl Building at l319 Allegheny Avenue to house four businesses: Peoples Choice Deli and Mini Mart; mitmcnt to the deuelopment of Pittsburgh's Wade's Ba¡ber Shop; Bobbi J's Hair Fashion Studio; and rrcighborhood.s. a laundromat. Peoples Choice features home-cooked meals, hot and cold sand.wiche;, a full line of groceries, New and health and beauty aids, and household items. Wade's Barber Shop offers haircuts for both men and women, Ongoing while Bobbi J's is a full-service salon and school of hair Projects design. The building as well as the laundromat is man- in Manchester aged by MCC staff. MCC executive director Rhonda Brandon expressed During the October her organization's gratitude for Landmarks' support: 1994 National Trust for "Our relationship goes back to the 1970s with [preserva- Historic Preservation tion ofl the 1300 block of Liverpool Street. Landmarks Theformer Horner Middlc School,807 Wøllace conference held in has been very supportive of Manchester." Aoenueo Willtinsburg Boston, director of Preservation Services Wilkinsburg Facility Makes Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. Affordable Housing told his audience about in Garfïeld Steady Progress an historic Manchester As reported in the March 1993 issue of PHLF News, Landmarks is working with neighborhood mansion Landmarks has been providing technical support services the City of Pittsburgh, the the Margaret Court to Wilkinsburg's Hosanna House, a community service - Pittsburgh Partnership for M ør gar et C ourt Buil.ding, Building to demon- organization, since 1992. Today, both Landmarks' - Neighborhood Development, 1131 West North Aoenueo strate how creative president and Landmarks' Preservation Fund director are the Garfield Jubilee Associa- Manchester financing can be used to personally providing technical support assistance to tion, Inc., and Mellon Bank obtain and rehabilitate lu *Jl Hosanna House. Executive director Leon Haynes states: to develop affordable housing historic properties. "It is because of technical assistance and expertise for residents in the Garfield The Margaret Court Building, a commanding provided by Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Slaughter (and his community. I00-year-old Richardsonian Romanesque presence at the predecessor Stanley Lowe) that we are going to be able to ln 1994, the Garfield 5407 Black Street corners of North and Fontella Avenues, was purchased by accommodate the needs of the community, particularly of Jubilee Association, Inc. the Manchester Citizens Corporation (MCC) from the our young people." (GJA) received a loan of Urban Development Authority (UDA). The structure, Arthur Ziegler serves on Hosanna Houses' Financial from the Landmarks/ once a single-family house, features a corner tower and a $29,000 Advisory Team, composed of representatives from foun- Mellon Bank Comprehensive broad two-story bay on the main facade. The third floor is dations and corporations, who assist the staff and board Neighborhood Development detailed with arched windows flanked by engaged ofdirectors in acquiring capital to rehabilitate the 78- Initiative (CNDD, discussed columns and capitals. year-old former Horner Middle School (designed by in the July 1994 issue of $120,000 of a $140,000 Preservation Fund loan from Ingham & Boyd) as a permanent community center. Once PHLF News, designed to Landmarks, made in 1995, will enable MCC to retire the the Horner School building is occupied, future plans call provide community groups debt on the mortgage and continue renovation of the for a capital campaign to fund Hosanna House programs. with a single funding source structure. The building has been divided into seven units; Howard Slaughter serves on the Core Development for long-term projects. The Team, a group of bankers, architects, and general con- loan enabled GJA to purchase Rippl Build.ing, 1319 Albgheny Arsenue, Manchester tractors who work with staff to facilitate the organiza- two houses at 5401 and 5437 tion's objectives and fundraising strategy. Black Street. The two struc- Hosanna House received a 1994 Pittsburgh History tures are scheduled to undergo 5437 Black Street & Landmarks Foundation Award of Merit. "We received extensive restoration; when the award for the work we are doing in the Wilkinsburg completed, they will each consist of two rental units with community and for preserving the Horner School," one and three bedroom apartments. People earning50%o explained Leon Haynes. "It is an award we are very or less of the area's median income will be eligible to proud of." rent the apartments which will be managed by GJA. Construction at54O7 and5437 Black Street is expected to start this summer and should be completed within a Editor's note: We thank Diane I. Danielsfor providing six-month time frame. the information and photographs for this story. Ms. The Black Street Project is a scattered site rehabilita- Daniels, the business writerfor råe New Pittsburgh tion project encompassing a half-mile radius, begun by Courier, is providing assistance to lnndmarks in GJA in 1992 with assistance from the City of Pittsburgh covering the work of the Preservation Fund. Page2 PHLF News . May 1995

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Welcome New Members Historíc Relígíous Properties Inítíøtiae : The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation welcomes the Renovations Complete at Five following new members and organizations that have recently joined Landmarks. V/e look forward to the participation of these new Religious Properties members in our work and special events. In November 1993, the Allegheny Charles A. Astfalk Karl and Rachel Meyers Foundation awarded a grant of$44,000 Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Baldwin Deborah A. Novak to the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Jerome Balvo Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Oliver Foundation to undertake a l2-month Victor Bertolina Stephen and Pajewski and family þe study addressing the needs of historic Mark & Jamie Blatter and family The Pittsburgh Children's Museum religious properties in Allegheny County. Betty M. Chidlow Praise Christian Academy F. J. Coyle Daniel C. Prevade In that time, the Historic Religious Fox Chapel Area High School Roberta L. Romano and family Properties Initiative (HRPD developed Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Gaab Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. South the guidelines for a program to provide Michael Gilligan and John Indalecio Mr. & Mrs. Furman South IV technical assistance and grants to area Dr. Leon L. Haley Mr. & Mrs. H. H. South churches and synagogues. With $10,000 Hosanna House, Inc. Nancy B. Stewart remaining from the initial Allegheny Henry Huminski Robert N. Teeter, Ph.D. Independence Middle School Michael P. Weber Foundation grant and an additional Anne-Marie Lubenau Yvonne Michelle Wehrer $30,000 contributed by Landmarks, the Mr. & Mrs. Mark Malick Rose Werner HRPI was then able to offer grants of up Judi Mangan to $6,000 to religious sites involved in the pilot program. The March 1995 issue of PHLF News detailed the proposed Welcome Corporate Members projects, and now we announce their Benefactors Partners completion. Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Calgon Corporation . The old slate roof at Ebenezer Baptist PNC Bank Corp Church in the Hill District has been Patrons replaced with durable new roofing. Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Company . The crumbling sidewalk at Dormont Presbyterian Church has been resurfaced, Calnøry United Methodíst Church in and a new handicap-accessible ramp has All.egheny West been constructed at the church's side In Memoriam entrance. of a gas leak prompted a professional . The two towers of St. Nicholas Croatian study of the heating system, Landmarks Gay Arensberg, Catholic Church in Millvale have been and the HRPI were solicited for help. The 1917-1995 fitted with water-shedding louvered results of the survey detected no leak but panels. Gertrude Hays Arensberg found that the furnace needed immediate - . The stained-glass windows at West End well known to many of our modifications. The Historic Religious AME Zion Church have been covered members as'oGay" died on Properties Initiative provided Calvary 28 at her home- in with protective panels, and more efficient March with $500 for the initial study and an 1l regret her insulation has been added to the church's Shadyside. We deeply additional grant of $5,500 which the li passing fondly attic. and will always church matched for a project total of remember her. These successes demonstrate the $12,000. Most of the funds were used to and promise of the Historic Religious Gay was ever ebullient upgrade the heating system; the remain- Properties Initiative that with adequate effervescent, an affirmer of life, der were allocated to the church's Chorbs and Goy Arensberg funding it may provide- the technical and a person who had a deep respect gargoyle replacement fund. and admiration for the visual financial assistance to help preserve and arts. She took particular interest in children's books, and donated care for the religious landmarks that Ibchnical Services Provided hundreds of illustrated children's books to the University of contribute to this region's architectural In addition to the progress made with Pittsburgh. Many of them were first editions and out-of-print heritage. these five churches, the Historic Reli- volumes dating to the 1800s. Calvary United Methodist gious Properties Initiative has actively Her life was not without tribulation. But she rose to every supported other area churches and occasion where she was needed by her family and friends, offering Church Receives Assistance synagogues with technical assistance and help with sensitivity and self-effacement. She and Charles, our In addition to these guidance in maintaining their properties chairman for our first 30 years, were married 55 years. Together original participants and in their attempts to secure state they raised a fine family, maintained an historic house in Shadyside in the pilot program, restoration funds. Many other religious filled with a fine collection of paintings, china, and obiets d'art, and the Historic Reli organizations have contacted Landmarks saw much of the world. t gious Properties to voice their support for the program. a Vy'e extend our sympathy to Charley and his family at this time. Initiative extended In the past year and a half, Landmarks' Ë grant () to calvary staff has worked closely with the owners å United Methodist of historic religious properties in Alle- Roy Lubove,1934-1995 I Church at Allegheny gheny County and leaders in the field of personally Several years ago, we of the Landmarks staff became and Beech Avenues religious property preservation nation- Detøil, Cahtøry acquainted with Roy Lubove. We had known o/him through his in Allegheny West. wide. The HRPI has clearly demonstrated now, some book of 1969 Century Pittsburgh and United Methodist Calvary, known as the need for a permanent program offer- -Twentieth - vivid time in the late 1980s, we came frequently into the orbit of this Church the Tiffany church ing funding and technical assistance to character, this observer of the Pittsburgh scene who was continuing because of its local historic religious properties in glad was to observe and record its changes and who, we were to see, exquisite stained-glass windows, has a Allegheny County and the value that sucl an ardent preservationist. staff which has long been active in fund- assistance will generate for each congre- Roy Lubove has left us, but a new, greatly enlarged Twentieth raising and is committed to the steward- gation ... and for our communities. Century Pittsburgh, now subtitled The Post-Steel Era, is soon to be ship of the church. Thus, when the threat published, and in it his friendship for Landmarks and the work we do will be manifest.

Intern.Assis¿s with Historic Religíous PHLF News is published Jíve times each year for the membe rs of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, a non-proftt histortc preser' Propertíes Initiatiue vaîion organization seming Allegheny County. Iandmarks is committed to a preservation w ne ighborhood re storalion and histo r ic-prope rty p rese rvation; public Landmarks' Historic Religious Properties Initiative advocacy; education and membership programs; and the continuing operation oJ effort targeted at restoring houses of worship which -typically receive Station Square, an historic riverfront properry opposite downtown Pittsburgh. little or no outside funding is moving successfully forward thanks, in paf, to the volunteer efforts- of architectural historian Laura Ricketts. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr...... President Before coming to Landmarks, Laura finished her master's degree in art Louise Sturgess. Editor/Executive Director Elisa J. Cavalier ..... General Counsel history at Penn State and spent two semesters teaching courses in Tom Croyle...... Comptroller American art and architecture at Penn State. In her work for the Historic Mary Lu Denny...... Director of Membership Services Religious Properties Initiative, Laura is acting as a liaison between .... Education Coordinator Mary Ann Eubanks...... Landmarks and the participating churches and researching sources of Barry Hannegan Consulting Director Historíc Parks and Gardens Suney Thomas Keffer...... Superintendent of Property Maintenance funding and alternative uses for religious buildings. rWalter C. Kidney...... Architectural Historian Linda Mitry...... StaffAccountant Howard B. Slaughter, Jr.. Dírector of Presemation Services Albert M. Tannler...... Historical Collections Director Ronald C. Yochum, Jr...... Facilities Management Assistant Greg þtlik...... Designer May 1995 o PHLF News Page 3 A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: '{frican -American Landmarks in Allegheny County

The rich Legacy of blnck 1992 for the African-American Historic Píttsburgh in meetíng and Sites Survey of Allegheny County. The survey was conducted by Landmarks transcendíng problcms in the past Design Associates Architects with assis- giaes one confidence that todøy's tance from the Pinsburgh History & problcms a,Iso u¡ill be ouercotne. Landmarks Foundation; it was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum A. Glasco -Laurence Commission. A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar begins with an essay, "The Importance of On May 3, the Pittsburgh History & History," by Frank E. Bolden, veteran Landmarks Foundation released its latest newsman, community activist, and noted book, A Legacy in Brícks and Mortar: authority on local black history. Mr. Afric an-Ame rican Landmarks in Bolden writes: 'Iames Baldwin ... Allegheny County, during a reception at reminds us that 'History is not merely the Carnegie Library in Homewood. (The something to be read. And it does not library is one of the African-American refer merely, or even principally, to the landmarks identified in the book and is past. On the contrary, the great force of featured on the cover.) history comes from the fact that we carry Funded by Dollar Bank and it within us, are consciously controlled by Landmarks' Revolving Fund for Educa- it in many ways, and history is literally tion, the 84-page book is based on infor- present in all that we do.' " mation originally collected in l99l and Laurence A. Glasco, associate pro- fessor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, skillfully condenses a wealth of historical information into a clear, concise essay, "Blacks in Pittsburgh," that summarizes the black experience The Homesteød Grøys, 7973, orgønized from the late 1700s to the present. The out of a group of Homesteød steel- essay is illustrated with many historic taorkers, u)ent on to u:in eþht of nine photographs. Negro Notional League titlcs.

A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar is B Laclt P itt sburgh's ímp r e s sia e handsomely designed by Greg Pytlik and cultur aI, ed.ucational, and social includes I l5 black-and-white photo- hßtory shous that black graphs. Instructor Iris Dawn Parker and P itt sburghers haae alu ay s student assistants Kawama Hightower and Portia Homick of the Manchester managed, to tr@nscend. d.iußions Craftsmen's Guild produced many of the caused by class, topography, photographs in the book. Historic photos and neighborhood., and to use were provided by the Carnegie Library of cultural and social institutions to Pittsburgh, the Historical Society of Westem Pennsylvania, and The Pitts- cope with racíal dßcriminatinn. burgh Courier Photographic Archives, -Laurence A. Glasco among other sources. Martin Roöison Deløny ( I I I 2 -1 88 5 ), ooThe A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar may be today consì.dered Føther of Black purchased ($8.95) from The Landmarks N ationolism," publßhed. the city's first Eliza Smith Brown, project director of Store at Station Square or by completing bl.ack neuspøper, The Mystery. the African-American Historic Sites the order form on page 5. The book is a Survey of 1992, wrote the "Sites" section treasure, presenting information about the Crataford GríIl No. 2, a.t 2I4I Wylic "More The Pennsyl- of the book. than mere shelter for African-American community that can Aaenue in the Híll District, is one of 62 man's activities, architecture can teach, inspire us as we work to improve the oania Histori.cal sites i.dentified. in the boolc as høtsing inspire, and remind us of the significance quality of life in this Pittsburgh region for and Museu¡n sþniftc.ance ín Africøn-American history. of our past," writes Mrs. Brown. The all citizens. Opened in 1943 as a cornpa.níon to the Commission guide identifies 62 places that stand out Crawford Grill, thß estøblishment ntørker, lacated as landmarks in the context of local and first at Third ønd black history. "This guide recognizes olso became ø møjor center for black Morleet Streets some of the survivors," Mrs. Brown sociøI and. cuhural lífe in the HïII dountoün, ß notes. "They are to be treasured, main- Distrbt, øs uell øs ø popular entertaín- neør whereThe tained, and where possible, restored. m.ent meccafor a raci.ally ¡ni"xed crousd. Mystery neæs- Vy'hen we find our collective memories frorn all otser the cíty. The Na.tionol Negro Opera paper offr.ce once embodied in bricks and mortar, we have Company's an opportunity to preserve these memo- perþrrnance o/Aida in Pittsburgh, ries for generations to come." c.1941.

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The 30-Minute "Portable Pittsburgh": Kennywood Architect Seven Years At the invitation of Kennywood, Land- On the Road for marks' education staff and architect David Julian Roth of The Downtown Dr. Gary W. Weber, Jim Finley, and the Design Company developed a series of scientists at PPG Glass Resea¡ch, for worksheets for students to use when they A portra,it donating PPG window glass; tour "Pittsburg's Lost Kennywood," the ofc.1858 Mary Lu Denny, Louise Sturgess, and newest Kennywood attraction. The edu- Landmarks, for donating photos for the cation program was first used on May I I, family photo album; when students from area schools partici- After nearly seven Marc Eubanks, for donating surgeons' pated in a physics, communications, and years of being "on the caps; architecture day at Kennywood. the display road," many of Allegheny West Civic Council, for donat- If you plan to visit Kennywood this photos and artifacts in the ing vintage clothing; surnmer with your family, call Louise "Portable Pittsburgh" kit Nancy Stewart, for donating handmade Sturgess at(412) 471-5808 and she will were looking almost as old as linen and wool. mail the worksheet to you so your itself: so, all ofthe Pittsburgh children can be Kennywood architects visuals were reprinted and lami- for 30 minutes! nated in time for the spring 1995 ses- sions. Most of the Pittsburgh views are in Spring Inservice and Pittsburgh color now and several new photos have Adult Education been added. A photo album of family Landmarks continues to offer classes portraits from c. 1858 to the present has through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit been created which students particularly 50 Years for teachers and through Pitt's Informal enjoy seeing. Program for the general public. A second kit of artifacts and photo- "Exploring Your City" was presented graphs has been created so that we can to 24 teachers from Allegheny County from Now accommodate more teachers and offer schools on four Monday evenings: Ma¡ch more sessions, especially during the peak Following the "Portable Pitts- 27, Apnl3, 10, and 24. Anne-Marie demand period in the spring. burgh" presentation highlighting Lubenau, an architect with Perkins Many people contributed artifacts to 200 years of local history, students Eastman Architects, taught the two-credit the "Portable Pittsburgh" kits. We are are asked to predict what Pittsburgh inservice class. pleased to thank the following: will be like in 50 years. Craig For information on the summer inserv- Reitmeyeq a third grader at St. Dr. Eva Curry, for donating an early ice classes, please call the Allegheny Albert the Great School, predicts electric toaster; SÍs¿ers in the 1930s Intermediate Unit at (412) 394-5700. that: a Jim Rieger, for donating a miner's cap; Over 35 people attended a class on George Klipa at the USX Corporation, It has always been the "touchability" of "Exploring the Interior Architecture of 50 years frorrl' noru? for donating iron and steel samples; the artifacts that has made "Portable Pittsburgh' s Downtown Landmarks" James V/illey at PPG Industries, for Pittsburgh" so successful. We are most offered through Pitt's Informal Program. Píttsburgh ís full of schools, donating mini-windshields; grateful to all who have contributed Education coordinator Mary Ann lnb s, Iibr øri,e s, ho spít als, Mike Enfante at Alcoa, for donating "new" artifacts to the "Portable Eubanks presented a two-hour lecture and andhomcs. We only aluminum samples; Pittsburgh" kit so we may continue to slide show on April 20, followed by a for donating have a quality program. walking tour on ApnlZ2. haae one running steelmíIl. Elaine from Heinz USA, Saturday antique catsup bottles; With the two kits, our docents are busy Pittsburgh l¿øs so møny Arlene McNalley, for donating eady this year through June offering I 1 I "Architecture: sessions of "Portable Pittsburgh," reach- busíne s s e s, many familic s department-store charge cards; The Building Art" Jeff Lee, for donating early glass bottles; ing 3,885 students in area schools. "Archi- cøn utork. Technobgy and Landmarks' traveling exhibit tecture: The Building Art" spent the educatinn are aery hþh. month of April at Independence Middle Allín ølI,I thinlt School in Bethel Park. Over 350 eighth- grade students were introduced to basic that this city ß the best. architectural principles through the hands-on activities and exhibit materials. Kaitlyn Stasik of St. Albert the Before using the exhibit in the classroom. Great School chooses to name teachers from the school participated in a Pittsburgh the "Robotics City" 50 walking tour of downtown. The exhibit years from now: was used by teachers and students to aug- ment a month-long interdisciplinary, The uniaersiti.es ønd .¡¡Ë5 interteam unit of study on immigration to öustnesses coul.d. ut ork Western Pennsylvania. together to build, the roboti.cs * To reserve this exhibit, please call Mary Ann Eubanks at(4\2) 471-5808. industry. Unemplnyed ut orlter s c ould, b e r etr aine d Downtovvn Dragons i v Lions, griffons, and and built u¡her e factori.es eagles Oh my! steel mills used to be. Students- from Fox Chapel Area High School, O'Hara Elementary School, School chíld.ren in 1888 Fox Chapel Country Day School, Markham o Elementary School in Thc chongingføshion of Heinz hetchup bottbs,fron 1870 to the present Mt. Lebanon, and Jefferson-Morgan T[ustee News Elementary School in Greene County Edward V. Randall, Jr., president and toured the streets of downtown Pittsburgl CEO of PNC Bank and a trustee of this spring with docents from Landmarks Landmarks, was honored on March 2l as In their search for lions, griffons, and citl the recipient of the Vocational Rehabili- creatures sculpted in stone and terra cott¿ tation Center's James F. Compton they leamed about the history and archi- Humanitarian Award. This award recog- tecture of Pittsburgh and experienced the nizes the efforts of a corporate leader or sights, sounds, and commotion of city life of a corporation in advocating employ- ment opportunities for persons with Private Group Tours disabilities. During the last several months, our vol- unteer tour docents have presented illus- trated slide lectures to the Retired Men's Group in Pleasant Hills, the Whitehall AARP #2050, the Monroeville Americat Association of University Women, and the Adult Education Group at CCAC South. They have escorted tours for May 1995 . PHLF News Page 5 A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: ffican-Am"nican Somerset Bus Company, Butler DeBolt i Motor Tours, Independence Middle av Landmarks School, Midstate Bank Key Classic { Northmont Presbyterian ! in Allngheny County Members, ¡ a Church, Laurel Mountain Chapter of the Ç Assessor's Office, and Mountainview ',,,.." I s Tours of Latrobe. In December, Land- O marks looks forward to participating in the American Bus Association National 'a& Convention in Pittsburgh by escorting a Jo church tour for tour operators. New Docents Ready for the Spring "Portable Pittsburgh" now has 14 trained docents to present programs to school children and adult groups. Vy'e wish to welcome five new docents who recently completed their "spring training": Ed McKenna; Becki Butler; Janeen Swaby; Marjorie Scholtz; and Laura Ricketts. We at Landmarks thank all of the docents old and new for their com- mitment -to the "Portable- Pittsburgh" pro- gram. The job requires time, patience, enthusiasm, a knowledge of Pittsburgh an work with people, history, ability to HousardB. Sla.ughter, Jr. of Land¡narks and lots of energy. Each docent comes to In the Schools During usith Píttsburgh Publin School students Landmarks to pick up the kit of artifacts at ArsenøI Míddlc School. and photographs, drives to a school or Black History Month ORDER FORM community group to present the hour- As part of the Black History Month ¡ -- Published by the Pittsburgh History (t long program, then returns the kit to Young Entrepreneurs Vy'orkshop, Howard rt('l'a¡r Landmarþ.s Foundation Landmarks. In their presentations, they Preservation B. Slaughter, Jr., director of ¡tll Text Frank E. Bolden, Laurence A. share their knowledge of Pittsburgh his- rr tt by Services at Landmarks, spent his morning Glasco, and Eliza Smith Brown tory with others, inspiring many students trttt on February 20 at Arsenal Middle School I rt? Soft cover; 84 pages; 115 photos and adults. with students from a variety of Pittsburgh tll' Volunteers Needed at the Public Schools. lsBN 0-916670-17-1 $8.95 Brock Neill Log House Mr. Slaughter, Reverend David (executive director of the Lifeline ALqacy in Bricks and Mortar Pittsburgh and the Depart- Preservation Community Outreach Center in ment Parks and Recreation are forming Number of copies that I of V/ilkinsburg), and Diane I. Daniels (a a volunteer group to preserve and devel- writer for the New Pittsburgh Courier would like to purchase, @ $8.95 op the Neill Log House on East Circuit and PHLF News) discussed careers, com- Road in Schenley Park. Built in the Amount due: puters, and entrepreneurship with sixth- 1780s, the house is one of the few l8th- and seventh-grade students. neur and the hard work it takes to be suc- L00/o discount for members century structures remaining in the city. Topics discussed by Howard included: cessful in one's field of interest. of Landmarks: Volunteer guides and gardeners interest- how to fill out a job application; the pur- Jim Desch and Monica Tilman of the ed in historic preservation are needed. pose of a Social Security card; and how Pittsburgh Public Schools organized the PA residents addTo/" sales tax: Call Dwight Fong at (412)731-3243 to to decide upon a career andjob salaries. Black History Month Young volunteer further information. Plus postage and handling: or for Reverend Brock, who has traveled the Entrepreneurs Workshop to provide stu- country since 24 years of age as a com- dents with information to prepare them- One to four books: 53.00 puter representative, explained the con- selves for the future. The program pur- Five to 10 books: $7.00 cept and importance of personal comput- pose was to paint a picture of real world TOTALDUE: ers and the significance of computer tech- experience by using professionals to nology now and in the years ahead. speak to the students. Howard encour- Ms. Daniels outlined the advantages aged the students to pattern their lives (Please make your check payable to the and disadvantages of being an entrepre- after role models in the community. Pittsburgh History (v Landmarks

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The Neill Log House, which has been to Raise a Child" Name: a Structure, has designated City Historic On March 4, between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 an awareness of the problems inner-city potential to a first-class the become p.m., Preservation Services director residents face, and recognize individuals to showcase the early history Address: facility of Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. was featured on and organizations that are working to Pittsburgh. Preservation Pittsburgh (an a television program that was simultane- promote peace and opportunities for advocacy organization for preservation, ously broadcast on all eight Pittsburgh young people. and cultural historical, architectural, stations: the first time in Pittsburgh's Howard was interviewed on the show matters) and the Pittsburgh are City of broadcasting history that all television because of his leadership role in the working together to develop this little- stations worked together to produce and African-American community and of known treasure that was saved and broadcast a show. "It Takes a Whole Landmarks' Preservation Fund, which restored the Pittsburgh History & Phone: by Community to Raise a Child" was part of provides financial and technical assis- Landmarks Foundation in 1968. a month-long campaign sponsored by the tance to inner-city neighborhoods. He Urban League of Pittsburgh, Inc. The spoke about the excellent work that is purpose of the campaign was to promote being done in Wilkinsburg through the Return this completed form witb payment leadership of Leon Haynes. "Leon to: Louise Stutgess Haynes is one person who recognizes Pitæbutgb Hisøry ë ltn&nat*s Foundatiott how important it is to make a difference One Station Square, Suite 450 in the community. His tenacity, his Pittsburgh, PA 1 S 219- 1 1 70. Elegant Tempor ary Housing efforts go without saying," stated Howard Any questions: call Louise at (412) 471-5808. during the television program. Esther L. Bush, president Dêcorator Furnished Studio, One or and CEO of Thank you for your order! J- Two Bedroom Suites Beautifully Acces- the Urban League of Pinsburgh and a sorized and includes equipped krtchen, trustee of Landmarks, commented on this phone, VCR. ... Free local everything! unprecedented cooperation among * sHoRTTERM FLExTBLE LEAsE Pittsburgh's communications community. '10 Minutes f rom Downtown. 5 Minutes The campaign was made possible in part Hospitals & Universitles. 172 Blocks * to through the support of Mellon Bank. f rom Walnut Street's Fash¡onable Shops 5405 Fifth Avenue and Fine Restaurants 682-2300 * MAJoR cREDlr cARDS Editor's note: We thank Diane I. Daniels for providing the informationfor the The Suite Life... at an Affordable Rate above two stories. Page 6 PHLF News . May 1995

The Western Pennsylaanía Tiaueler AmazingTown to the l\orth Arthur P Ziegler, Jr.

In the Picturesque Valley of the Vanango [sic] surround'ed by beautíful hills, "The First Health Spa However, the original group was not immediately successful. There were sev- which øre about equally d,iaid.ed, between woodland and cultiaatedfi'eld"s, of Its Kind" eral defaults according to Mr. Ledrick, orchards and rneadow lands, and upon both banks of the historic French creek Cambridgeboro then began to attract and then the Riverside Inn was acquired (Vanango Ríaer), ß situated the pretty líttle town of Cambrid,ge Springs. visitors, and was renamed Cambridge by Mr. W. D. Rider from Franklin, Pa., Springs in 1877 . In I 885, a fine hotel Cutter's Guide to Cambridge Springs, 1902. who was described by Mr. Ledrick as a built of wood was erected along French junk dealer and a real estate promoter. He Creek at the edge of the town and named was not a wealthy man, but he enlisted the Riverside Inn, which, the history partners for his real-estate ventures. He says: added a casino about 150 feet further inety years ago, in a small town In 1884, Dr. Gray took a patient to was perhaps the first health spa of its along French Creek; it contained shuffle north of Pittsburgh, 40 hotels and room- Hot Springs, Arkansas. There he kind. Therapeutic installations in- board and bowling alleys. He later added ing houses served an international visita- supervised treatment at Blue Sulphur cluded all kinds of baths - Russian, a boardwalk from the back of the hotel tion. One inn survives today, the only one Springs and was struck by the similar- Turkish, cabinet, electrical, seasalt, across the adjacent marsh to a distant to serve customers continuously since ity of its water and that which he had mineral, and needle. A Vibratory for spring house, now a ruin. about 1885: the Riverside Inn on French tapped along French Creek. electrical treatments and an X-ray Creek at Càmbridge Springs. Once home, he went prospecting machine were available as well. Rider Hotel and Others The boom at "Cambridgeboro" came again, and made more openings in the Licensed physicians supervised these unexpectedly and almost never came valley soil. He discovered four more operations and one of them, Doctor G. Bolstered by his success with the River- at all. In the words- of the Riverside Inn jets ofthe same "charged" spring E. Humphrey, pointed out that, "while side Inn, Mr. Rider acquired land at the history: water and for years after, the valley of guests could have expert electrical highest point in town from Mr. T. M. The discovery of the magical and French Creek was known as "Fountain treatment if they wish, there is nothing Nagle of Erie and laid plans for a hotel of healing mineral waters came about Valley." at all at the Riverside to remind one of great magnificence and enonnous size for quite accidentally. A salt well driller the unpleasant features of a what had been a sleepy rural village. employed by Colonel Edwin L. Drake, sanitarium." He broke ground on July 4, 1895, and in The Riverside Inn could accommodate opened in 1897 the Rider Hotel, which of Titusville fame, discovered oil We ín Pittsburgh can be glnd that, Titusville in 1859, causing an epidem- up to 300 guests and had a spacious din- was described as "strictly first class" and ic of "black gold fever" among the only tuo hours awøy an Inn ing room (somewhat barren in decor cost $500,000. Accommodating 500 creek valley residents. contínues 770 years after ít utas compared with its current appearance) guests in grandeur, it was embellished One of these local oil seekers was buih; ít has seen hßtory made and a music room with a handsome large with an assortment of Classical and Dr. John H. Gray, who owned a large fireplace. When I visited the hotel the Romanesque stylistic details and a whíl.e the tolon grows øndforms farm along French Creek. One day in week before this past Christmas, logs in veranda providing a promenade 1,000 early 1860, as he was walking along of tr ansp o r tatian change. the fireplace were burning nicely and feet around the building. Inside it offered the banks of French Creek carrying a guests were chatting and reading and a theater, ballroom, a grand dining room metal probing rod, he stopped to "lean enjoying a drink around the fire. with "sweet music during the dinner and contemplate." When he did so, the To test the water for medicinal pur- According to the town historian Ed hours," and was lighted with 3,000 incan- rod quickly sank into the earth, nearly poses, Dr. Gray began treating cases Ledrick, five local businessmen original- descent arc lamps powered by its own throwing him to the ground. He excit- of dyspepsia and kidney and liver ly built the Riverside Inn, the most plant, according to the 1902 Cutter's edly believed that he had made a dis- complaint, and found, to quote an old important of whom was J. B. Wilbur, a Guide. covery of oil; however, a jet of crystal Riverside Inn brochure, that the local hardware man. The main lobby area spring water spurt forth. "waters, unassisted, affected many rose first. I The doctor then forced an old gun cures." i banel (then a penstock), into the open- Determined to give the world the ing and the water flowed freely for the benefit of the water's healing powers, next 15 years. Although Dr. Gray was Dr. Gray erected a spring house and not too excited about his "water" dis- began selling mineral water at a covery, it was soon rumored around "nominal price." town that the men who worked on the Gray farm and other farms along the creek, drank from the penstock, and rarely got sick.

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A passenger elevator "in constant serv- Restoring Riverside Inn ice" lifted guests to their rooms and the rooftop lookout where summerJong visi- As Marie Halliday explains, the Inn was tors went daily to view the beautiful in very, very bad shape. The Hallidays Pennsylvania countryside. The health and spent the first several years doing the therapy facilities, operaring 9:00 a.m. to basics while keeping it open as a hotel. midnight, were "as complete as any They had to re-wire the entire structure, offered in the country." install an electric smoke alarm system Guest rates were $2.50 to $5.00 a day throughout the building, enclose stairs for in the summer season, reduced to $2.00 fire safety, replace rotting woodwork, and to $4.00 in winter. update rooms - a mission that extends In spite of a major fire that swept right through today. A crew is continu- through the town in 1897, Cambridge ally working on improving the rooms, Springs floated high on its mineral water. while endeavoring not to destroy their Served by the Franklin and Vy'arren Rail- basic Victorian character. The Halliday way Company, which had arrived in crew is busily removing dropped ceilings 1851, and by the Meadville and then the and is restoring the original plaster. The Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad Company, Hallidays tackled the Casino building by which changed its name to the Atlantic re-establishing the ballroom on the main and Great Vy'estern Railroad Company in floor and creating the "Victorian Room" 1858, and finally by the Erie and Lacka- on the lower floor looking out on the gar- wanna, it had good service to Pittsburgh, dens. It is used for marvelous dinner Cleveland, and New York. In 1903 the Hotel Rid.er theater from July through December. interurban trolley from Meadville arrived, Adjacent to the Music Room lobby is and a network of trolley tracks soon con- t- the Blue Room, which has been refur- nected the town with other towns in the bished, as has the main dining room a flotel Bartlett, - surrounding countryside. In fact, when a handsome large room with a great bay well-known woman died in l9l3 it was window looking toward the town. The easier to ship her body via trolley north to Rose Room will soon be restored, and Erie and then place it on the Bessemer these can be used as meeting rooms. Railroad to take it back south to the little Marie speaks of how depressing it was town of Conneautville than it was to go to labor through the early years when overland directly to this nearby village. they discovered how the building had Other hotels were erected, most of been permitted to deteriorate. There were which were made of wood, and many in surprises every day, but some were their turn burned. The Cambridge House rewarding: they discovered that all of the on Main Street was razed and a new ver- baseboards in the lobby were marble for sion built in 1893, but thar bumed in instance, though they now look like wood 1897. The Highland Hotel was turned because they are covered with brown into a hospital in 1934 and now serves as paint. Soon these will be restored. a nursing home, much augmented with modern additions. The Barden House, built of brick, opened on Main Street and, although during the years it lost its cen- Joín Landmarks on tral tower and fine porches, it remains as 22 ønd 23 a housing for the elderly. Hotel Bartl.ett July for The boom days did not lasr long. Mr. membershíp tour to Rider died in 1905 and the Rider Hotel Cambridge Springs, Pa., ønd almost immediately declined. It was sold Riverside Inn. through a much-contested bankruptcy but J. J. Flannery had visions for the the Great Depression set in, and the plans proceeding for $27,500 to Mr. Nagle of place and acquired it in 1910. Flannery is were not implemented in any form. Call (412) 471-s808 Erie, the man who had originally sold the best known as the promoter of the ele- Still, the Inn, with its extensive veranda for tour details, property to Mr. Rider and had become ment vanadium and was a major and three major wings with a central a principal holder of the bonds: a famil- Pittsburgh real-estate developer at that tower over the lobby continued to com- iar pattern in the real-estate industry, time, building the Iroquois Apartments mand the view of French Creek from the even today. on Forbes Avenue in Oakland, which still town. A breezeway was erected between The Hallidays retained and acquired Although the town began to enjoy stands. (Years ago Landmarks rescued the Inn and the Casino so that people appropriate but widely varying furnish- modern developments including an the stained-glass window celebrating the could traverse between the two in - ings to place throughour the lobby, the electric power plant in 1905, the erection discovery of vanadium from another inclement weather without iesorting to Music Room, and along every of a new City Hall by public subscription building of Mr. Flannery's in Oakland.) coats and umbrellas. corridor in the building. Because the corridors are in 1908 (a curious flatiron-shaped build- He ran the Rider Hotel for two years but The Inn began to feel decline by the seven feet wide, they have been able to ing erected of concrete block), and found it burdensome and sold it to the 1960s. In 1968 the quarter-mile board- place chairs, china closets, buffets, lamp common and additional hotels including Polish National Alliance, who opened a walk to the springhouse closed, never to stands, and even sofas along them. the National Hotel, the Todd Sanitarium prep school called Alliance College. It reopen. It was offered to the Rotary Club Private bathrooms have been added, and Bath House, Shady Lawn Guest grew into a four-year institution but the as a feature of the town to be maintained, small but serviceable, and superfluous House, and the Hotel Kelly (with an building burned spectacularly in 1931. but the cost of liability insurance was too closets have been removed in the guest almost Byzantine tower) the decline Visitors at the Riverside Inn could see the great for the Rotarians to take on. Today, - rooms. Suites have been created, and the continued. conflagration from their windows. The only the supporting piers of the board- bedroom fumiture is a collection land was vacant until, after local contro- walk remain. of styles from about 1880 up through 1950. In Riverside versy, a womens' medium-security prison The Inn then passed through a series of Inn Survives fact, two beds in the same room can be opened on the site in about 1991. It is owners, receiving along the way the great The Riverside Inn, nonetheless, contin- astonishingly different in style. there today. distinction of being named to the ued to attract guests; however in 1908, it Mike Halliday has located or unearthed The automobile began to dominate National Register of Historic Places, in suffered in a tornado that traveled along a great many documents, pictures, transportation in the 'twenties. The trol- spite ofits deteriorating condition, in and several streets of the town and the clipped ley vanished by the end of that decade, 1918. bric-a-brac from the Inn's past and plans rear of the end of the hotel and its barn. to create a museum exhibition in the and by the 1950s the rail starion was Finally it was sold to a religious group By then it had been acquired, probably main hallway linking the Music Room largely gone except for a portion that in the early 1980s. V/hile the group con- about 1895, by William Baird. He, who with the lobby. On one side will be a por- remains today as the volunteer firemen's tinued the hotel operation, the Inn was became one of the leading citizens of the tion ofhis collection ofhistoric local pool hall. also used as a place of residence for town and president of the local bank, postcards, numbering over 1,000, and But the Riverside Inn, weathering fire, about 60 people who did not integrate on operated it successfully inro rhe 1940s the other side will be a long case windstorm, economic decline, and successfully with the townspeople. They contain- with his sons. Even as the springs of the ing the objects. Right now the hall changes in attitudes toward the healing created consternation by teaching their is area became less important and the other lined with historic articles on the history properties of mineral water, had owners children themselves rather than sending hotels vanished, the Bairds rebuilt the of the Inn, photographs and engravings, of positive outlook. ln 1928, plans were them to public school. Although the reli- boardwalk across the marsh to the spring and the architect's plans, never irnple- drawn for the Bairds to augment the Inn gious group put a new roof on the build- house and maintained lovely grounds and mented, from 1928. by creating a new main entrance at the ing and maintained the Inn to some gardens. In fact, the Inn was particularly During this 1995 season, the dinner/ northern end, placing two swimming degree, they did not appear to be sympa- well known for its fine vegetables picked theater will operate with musical reviews, pools between the wings, and hand- thetic to its Victorian architecture. They right from the gardens next to the hotel. mystery weekends, and a Canterbury somely landscaping the property. left the inhospitable environment of the There was a golf course, but it was sold Feast featuring Gilbert and Sullivan's Unfortunately, architect C. Patton Cody town in 1985, selling the Inn to Michael later and became independent. "Pirates of Penzance," followed in of Erie must have realized belatedly that and Marie Halliday of Meadville. By then In the meantime, the decline of the December by a "Riverside his proposed extensions would regularly it needed considerable work. Christmas" great Rider Hotel after 1905 continued, have been flooded by French Creek. Then Continued on page 14 A compl.ete Seu,ickley este.te, Henry R. Reø3 "Farmhill," t;ieu"edfrom the aír i¡t the late 1930s. The mansion u¡as demolßhed in 1952, but houses buihfor the children and ancillary bu'ildings ¡'etnain. Pittsburgh" Landscape Tradition Barry Hannegan

The Garden of Eden is widely cited as an image embody- planted sites, such as cemeteries, the thoughtfully devel- documentation for them. This register, available to all ing our innate love of the planted environment. It might oped city back yard, amusement parks, and even early interested persons through Landmarks' library, will form be also taken as a symbol of the disappearance in our area traffic islands. the foundation of knowledge for any further investigatior of so much of our garden heritage. It is as an effort to Current knowledge of our region's garden history is into local garden history. counteract such continuing loss in Allegheny County that scant, but enough is known to allow us to recognize that In enlarging its range of involvement to embrace the the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation has the Pittsburgh area has a long and worthy tradition of planted as well as the built environment, Landmarks will undertaken its Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens. By landscape design. The former city of Allegheny (now be able to offer a fuller and richer knowledge of our loca "historic," we mean any site created before 1950. It must Pittsburgh's North Side) boasted one of the first signifi- heritage and provide the support necessary for the be a designed garden or landscape, but the designer can cant public parks west of the Allegheny Mountains: the restoration and preservation of significant examples of be an amateur just as weli as a master landscape architect, old Allegheny "Commons" still provides the North Side our garden and landscape history. and in some instances we will probably never know who with its chief amenity. With the founding of the Alle- it was who arranged tenain and plants with such a sure gheny Cemetery in 1844, Pittsburgh stood at the forefront eye. The site need no longer be in existence, but some of the development of the Romantic park-cemetery record of it is essential; early photographs or prints, a movement. In the years around 1900, landscape designers watercolor perhaps, or even an account in ajournal, such as William Falconer made their careers here. At the newspaper, or diary. "Parks" and "gardens" will be freely turn of the century, leading Pittsburgh families created and generously interpreted to include almost all sorts of numerous richly planted estates, most of which survive now (if at all) in photographs and renderings. Before 1930, Pittsburgh benefited as much as any American city from the stream of public and private commissions A small resídential gorden bt Shadysíde, c. 1935, identí- undertaken for local clients by the Olmsted firm. More fied by La:ncl¡narks' Historic Purks and Gardens recently Pittsburgh has been home to Ralph Griswold and names recognized Suru^ey o.s ttn eorly u"ork of Ralph Grisu,old. the firm of Simonds and Simonds, internationally in landscape architecture. Given that this iocal tradition is common knowledge, we can much of a . . :":.: ì be sure that there is much of interest and value still to - ii.":.*i$ . * _,j,1..i. discover and document. - *ü9#¡; ':i' The survey wiìl move forward on several fronts. The ..,¡,- : ;;:tl search for existing and lost sites alike is well under way, ï,1 with more than 200 of them already identified. A team of , !¡i, ' volunteer assistants is being formed to help with research. If a park or garden still exists and if there is some documentation telling us how it looked at an earlier date, an evaluation can be made as to the present condition of The plan of an exceptíonal propertl' designed by the site. If circumstances allow, recommendations can be Edtaard B. Lee a noted local landsccrpe architect, made about restoration efforts. If nothing of the landscap- for a 1915. The site, ing survives, the lost property is entered in the list of Lost Bertholch Frosch. around precipitotts Gardens, one of the goals of the survey. Eventually, the ty¡ticolly Pittsbu.rgh, allowed Frosch to cleoelo¡t an inventory of sites existing, altered, and lost will become a extensiDe "hanging" garde¡¿ behind the house, uhich is f, register containing not only the list of sites but all known show¡t in the plut jttst to the left of center. May 1995 o PHLF News Page 9

Allcgheny Cemetery uas opened in 1844, an eørly examplc of the Am.erice.n "rure,I" ober Pørlt, ín doutntown Allngheny c. 1900, dßplayed the Victorian taste for bedding cemetery type. SubstantiøIly re-designed by willia.m Faboner early in the century, the out tender pl.ants in precise regulør desþn. Cemetery ß a spLendid exømplc of the pørk styl.e of Americøn cemetery ø ¡nix,ture of - Iush grottes, rich ornamentøl plants, elcgant monuments) and broad lnu)ns truly, the Elysian Ficlds. -

lo Far Left: Panther Hollow early in the century, u¡ith the English-stylc Iandscaping of Schenlcy Parlt's È { de sþne r William F al.c o ne r. s Left: The great eastusard-facing () terrøces of the R. B. Mellnn estclte, sometime after 1920 when they presented, øccording to Jami.e Vøn Trump, " ... an impression of crou¡ded and intrícate spl,endour unriu øl.e d in P itt sburgh. " "Lyndhurst," the Thaus tnctnsion øcros s Beechuoo d B oulcu ørd, appea.rs in the clistance.

A quintessentiøI Vi.ctorian cotto,ge, the resi- dence of Dani.el Jenkins, in PIum Tounship, as it looked c. 1876. Among many garden chøracteristics of the period øre the scatter ing of geometrically shøpedflouer beds, the total absence offoundøtíon plantíng, and. ampLe proaßionfor uines, uhi.ch are just beginning to find their way up tellises ønd porch posts. Page l0 PHLF News . May 1995

Places New Hands wanted to buy, Calvary wanted to sell, now it looks as if the art is coming back. Old into and the City of Pittsburgh, to which the The theater facade is no wonderful thing, The lost year has been a treat for some of us at l,a,ndmarks, in that we lt one been get- property would go under the terms of the 1920s nondescript in cocoa-colored will if Calvary did not want it, did not Flemish bond over a Modernistic fascia ting into buildings we had Imown only from the outside. It just so happened that they want it either. The property, besides, was in a street with notably older fronts, but were up sale and thtu laid open to public uiew. for on the National Register of Historic the return to "art" in a generally accepted Places, and the Commonwealth might sense will please many. The Pittsburgh use this 200-seat space ings. Inside is much dark woodwork with have been assumed to favor the proper- Filmmakers will passing for films and videos, and for lectures and slender moldings, unfancy but delicate ty's into the hands of someone good performances too. Jon Jackson and beside the exterior and the rocky hillside with a proven record of care of live Greg Bohlin Cywinski to the rear. historic buildings. Mottola of are architects the project, The agent is Nancy Donahue, Howard But a Commonwealth attorney sudden- Jackson for whose is expected in August. Hanna Real Estate Services, (412) 361- Iy objected to a sale to Joedda and an- completion court 4000 or 371-7146. The asking price is nounced a readiness to appeal any at decision favoring the sale. The house is The Ornament CMU $419,000. now in limbo; the law is prepared to Mid-March saw further accumulation of what become Dickensian, it seems, and permit paper on the controversy over with the lavish bronze ruin as a way of proving its rigor. should be done bow ornament of the 1905 armored cruis-

er P e nn sy Iv ania (later, P itt s b urg h). The e administra- Ò Carnegie Mellon University F- tion continues to insist on its placement o- on top of the new Roberts Hall, under $ construction in Junction Hollow, though t b there it would be hundreds of feet from I the nearest viewing position. We have a0 ^ suggested that the Ornament (why not s capitalize it?) be placed on the central lawn, gilded and painted as originally. Burke's Building Professor V/ilfred Rouleau hopes that, despite its size (17 feet long, ló feet John Chislen's handsome office building Hill" (the Hill-McCallum- of 1836 has had to survive the fire of "Rose broad, 8 feet high, 7,000 pounds), it can 1845, a turn-of-the-century fire of its Davies house) The Klages house go to the Naval Museum in Vy'ashington winter ended, one of the four original the own, and various development schemes As ln 1922, when he was designing the by a large and handsome model of houses Evergreen Hamlet was up for a that never quite came off. Yet it has en- of Beverly Place house of the Klages family, ship. Edward M. Furgol, Navy Museum price about dured, a tasteful presence downtown on sale with an asking of Frederick Scheibler was no longer the curator, is opposed to the Roberts Hall frame Fourth Avenue, a sole survivor from one $800,000. The board-and-batten obvious Modemist of Old Heidelberg or placement, and Norman M. Cary of the extremely ra¡e in the Pittsburgh historical period, and despite house is of a sort Highland Towers. His contemporary Naval Historical Center in Washington is these days: a central pro- everything a piece of sound construction. Pittsburgh area Parkstone Dwellings and Eva Harter against it too for several reasons and jecting gabled element flanked by veran- idea acceptable. The owner, the Elmhurst Company, is house showed a similar departure from finds our centrallawn It found overlooking the looking for a tenant who will take the das is to be the geometry of a decade before toward is not clear what will happen, though it much oftener than a Ross the entire 8,500 leasable square feet. Elm- Hudson River domestic architecture that was quaint, appears that the Navy retains title to valley. The motif was probably proper hurst will install a complete new HVAC Township even pixyish, but that as might be expect- Ornament, cares about its display used in the U.S. in the 1830s by the and feels that the tiara- system, make basic repairs, and remodel first ed carried on the art glass and other and maintenance, architect Alexander Jackson placement would the interiors to the wishes of the tenants. New York craftsman work of even his most avant- like on Roberts Hall not promoted the land- The interior shutters, all that remain Davis and was by garde earlier work. Big roofs with rela- serve these purposes. architect and arbiter of taste inside from 1836, and the 1900-period scape tively low eaves now emphasized the Andrew Jackson Downing. In our case PCRG Publishes Annual stair, mantelpieces, and sheet-metal ceil- idea of primitive shelte¡ the geometry the was the Pittsburgher Joseph Lending Study ings will be elements of the remodeling. architect was no longer so obvious, and the stone, W. the date 1852. Inside "Rose Summary of Len"ding in the City Interest in Burke's Building and its Kerr and however rugged, was in fact carefully of the effect is light and airy, thanks to P ittsburgh 1993 Community existing plan is already apparent, but no Hill" selected and brought across the state at [Pittsburgh and tall windows. Reinvestment Group, January 19951 is firm arrangement had been made as of l3-foot ceilings considerable expense: the laminated sil- parties may speak with Lee the most recent PCRG analysis of the early April. Anyone interested in the pos- Interested ver-gray Wissahickon schist that Howard Hanna Real Estate lending records of Pittsburgh banks to sibility of renting this historic building is Goldblum, Scheibler must have discovered around ll Services, (412) 361-4000 or 661-4041. city neighborhoods. The summary report, invited to call V/illiam Hunt, The 19l0 when he was designing a house for funded like its predecessors by Elmhurst Compan¡ (412) 281-8731. the Philadelphia area. It is a lovely stone Landmarks' Preservation Fund, although ¿ but that of another locality. Inside, anoth- unpaginated, weighs eight-and-one-half Þ er habit of Scheibler continues: that of - pounds! The 1995 report notes that dur- t- inserting stained-glass panels into ing 1993 lending in city neighborhoods Þô upstairs doors and windows, not perfect it also notes that black resi- Þ for privacy but distinctive. This house increased; $ dents were granted far fewer loans was sold early this spring. still e ca than were white residents. The report o states: ^ o In light of these disparities, the rela- Sunnyledge Designated A City tionships that the 32-member coalition of neighborhood groups developed in Historic Structure 1988 and continue to maintain with Sunnyledge, the Dr. James D. The Sellers House local financial institutions represents McClelland house designed by Longfel- cooperative attempts to reduce, mini- Those familiar with the East End will The Hamerschlag house low, Alden & Harlow in 1886 and mize, and even eliminate these gross know the Sellers house at Walnut and Palmer & Hornbostel, New York archi- profiled in the March issue of P//LF inequalities. The question that must be Shady, an Italianate house of 1858 that tects but with an increasingly-bigger N¿ws, became a City of Pittsburgh His- asked is: what would the lending pic- quasi- was long the rectory of Calvary Episco- practice in Pittsburgh, developed a toric Structure by unanimous City Coun- ture look llkewithout PCRG and the pal Church. We had thought that this ethnic or quasi-rustic manner that veered cil vote on March 31,1995. At the pre- concemed efforts of eleven banks. away seemingly from the vigorous would come into the benevolent hands of ceding hearing held on March 22,City Beaux-Arts- manner -for which they were Joedda Sampson and Allegheny City Council heard testimony concerning It was PCRG's mission when it was better known. At Carnegie Tech, Henry Restorations, best known thus far for the historic designation, including a state- first organized in 1988 to work u,irl¿ Hornbostel designed in the grand manner Cafe Victoria on Western Avenue in Alle- ment by Landmarks historian Walter C. financial institutions to promote and for the main campus but housed the stu- gheny West, the large Sampson house Kidney; Council members also examined .develop fair lending pattems and prac- dents in dormitories in a sort of peasant across the street, and Victoria Hall, the a copy of Margaret Henderson Floyd's tices through regular, ongoing relation- idiom, gritty rubble, fancy brickwork, former Ursuline Academy in Bloomfield. Architecture After Richardson with great ships between community and bank. It oversailing eaves. Arthur Hamerschlag, The Sellers house has been left in good interest. Thirty-five historic sites have so is evident that, from the results of this Carnegie Tech's superintendent, was condition generally, and its grounds are far been designated as City Historic study, significant gains have been ac- housed not too differently from the stu- ample and have vestiges, probably, of its Structures. complished. It should also be obvious dents in this house of c. 1910 at the turn early gardening layout. One rather sad that much work has yet to be done. of Bigelow Boulevard opposite Schenley feature of the house as time has left it is Art Cinema High School. The walls up to the second- the gray exterior paint, applied to rather A half-century ago, the Art Cinema at A copy of the lending summary report floor window level are in rubble, form- soft brick and impracticable to remove. 809 Liberty Avenue was the place where is available in the Landmarks library. less stone, with mortar joints so sunken Red paint would have restored the color you went to see artistic or at least import- as to suggest the dry masonry of a New approximately, but not the texture. ed films, such as the British thriller "4S England farm wall; above is red brick- One might have thought that the March Hours" or "Man About Town" with work in stack bond, and broad boarded 10 hearing in Orphan's Court would have Maurice Chevalier. Those days passed eaves marked off in diamonds with mold- been a mere formality. Joedda Sampson away and porno took over long ago, but May 1995 o PHLF News Page ll

Trouble in Sewickley Historic Zoning thought that sound building practice of Standards in Sewickley the past is being faked for mere visual Since 1983, the Borough of Sewickley effect. has had a legal mechanism for historic Basic attitude. The Historic Review preservation similar to that of Pittsburgh Commission, by its very existence, intro- Color. ... There should probably be a in having a Historic Review Commission duces an element of the artificial into the chart of wall and tim colors based on THE (HRC) whose Certificate of Appropriate- Íuture oÍ certain places that have attained those now to be found in a District. As ness is required for any publicly visible more or less spontaneous excellence. In always this límited palette can be exceed- exterior alteration to buildings within a large areas of Sewickley, neighborly con- ed if it can be shown to be of positive LANDMARKS designated Historic Disuict; Sewickley sideration, income levels, tastes and attï aesthetic good.... has three historic districts at present. tudes in common, and building resources It is practically inevitable that some have resubed in individual beauties and Massing and proportion. 1¿ new con- SroRE property owners are going to fret or rebel overall harmoníes that have led to their struction, nto possible problems are when some sort of legal force is applied des ignation as " historic " Districts. those of the small house set amid big The Book and Gift Shop of the to the matter of preservation, and thus it To be aforcefor good, the HRC must older ones and the house with a large Pittsburgh History & Landmarks has been in Sewickley, where District 3, do three things: ftrst, prevent visual footprint but a single-story plan, so that it Foundation de gradation of the Districts ; second, lends to sprawl .... The problem of the lit- make decisions fair to property owners; tle house is easier to solve: simple over- third, encourage excellence in new con- all geometry, good proportions, careful Vropos BnrNc rHE struction, additions, and remodelings. detailing, and an absence oÍ pretense are Pasr Auve The first of these is its reasonfor being; the elements to lookfor .... the others mitigate the consequences of Viewing images of past places and its being. Additions. There appears to be an events is more immediate and, for some attitude in places that any addi- fficial more compelling, than a verbal retelling Fairness. years ago, when the tion to an existing building should be Afew of old tales. A large selection of audio- proposal stylistically distinct the was made to designate western from original visual tape recordings, priced from Shadyside a City Historic District, pro- work. This is an academic rather than an $19.95 to $59.95, is available at The testers introduced complaints along the aesthetic position, and it may be best to One of the best third-distri.ct houses: Landmarks Store to help us see history Iines of, "My child's tuition, spent to repeat the original detailing or create 422 Frederblt Aaenue in Seubklcy as well as read about it. restore a Victorian porch!" variants on it .... and similar Historic Houses: The store stocks rwo the least prosperous, has seen revolt beggars-clad-in-silk apprehensions. It videos prepared by the National Trust wíll probably be necessary in To sum lu'pz In aII this, there may be no against repairs of mandated quality, This some cases for Historic Preservation to assist his- to divide inviolable rule. While an HRC should not situation appears to have led to a rift applicants for Certificates of toric property owners: "Inspecting an - be whimsical, with no apparent rational incomprehension and outright accusation, Appropriateness into two categories. In Old House Before You Buy Attic to Iink indeed between the HRC and the the ftrst, owners who acquired their prop- between one decision and the nexr, it Basement" and "Maintaining Your Old - erties beþre there was reason to antici- is not a Civil Sewice entity with a manual Borough Council. Furthermore, the origi- House, Anic to Basement," 529.95 pate of rules and guidelines. Its decisions nal Ordinance 1024 of 1983 was revised being absorbed into a Historic each. District .... With such owners, should be as close to perfect as may be, last October through Ordinance I144, fairness Pittsburgh: "The Spirit of Pittsburgh" may require given all the matters involved, and since which revised the definition of "exterior less-than-pure standards of presents an introduction and overview preservation. the beauty and the perceived alteration" and thus limited the scope of essential of the city while "Downtown qualiry of a community are the Certificate of Appropriateness to fundamental Pittsburgh" and "\Øylie Avenue Days" conside rations, intuition should accom- work of a structural nature. The ordi- The second category is that of owners explore the Golden Triangle and Hill pany more obvious and ploddingfotms nance now allows removal of authentic who have acquired property thqt, as they of District sections of the city, respectively. reasoning. non-structural work - siding, trim, orna- should be aware, has been or is likely to Lost architectural treasures are recalled mentation and mistreatment of facing be designated, either individually or as in "Things That Aren't There - Advice on the individual Historic materials, e.g. the painting of stone or the an element of a District .... These will Anymore" and "Stuff That's Gone." Districts followed. sandblasting of brick. have no reason, if Fate has been kind and Pittsburgh's splendid churches are the The implications of Ordinance ll44 competent professional advice has been subject of "Holy Pittsburgh" and resi- The second document, dating this and the intense political situation led to a rendered, to come beþre the HRC mak- from dential architecture creative, grand, March, defines "trim" for the Borough meeting on February 27 atwhich Michael ing a poor mouth and pleadingfor quirky, and down-home- is explored Council, as it had requested: LeFevre, community preservation co- harmful changes .... in "Houses Around Here."- Pittsburgh's ordinator of the Pennsylvania Historical rivers and the bridges that cross them Tlim: Iåis term is not precisely defin- and Museum Commission, met with Excellence. Unless a property of fun^da- are shown in "The Mon, The Al & The able, but generally implies builder's work HRC and Borough Council members. His mental architectural, historic, or scenic O" and "Flying off the Bridge to that: tone of speaking was conciliatory. He importance demands full protection, Nowhere." All of the above are pan of visibly dffirentfrom ordinary waII stated that the whole square mile of nothing the HRC does should discourqge -is the award-winning, ongoing series pro- the realízation offirst-rate new design, areas, doors, window sash, or the like; Sewickley should be an historic district, duced by QED Communications, Inc., the edges of wall areas, such is its beauty and character, and such beautiful in itself and appropriate as an -emphasizes and are $19.95 each. openings in walls, or other places is the amount of money many owners element of the street scene .... Regional Landmarks and Prominent where one area ends and another per- have invested in the retention of these Citizens: Documentary images and film haps begins; qualities. On the other hand, the HRC Rationales. Whatever the visually-exper- allow us to relive the tragedy of "The ienced results, the architecrure ofthe last be applied or removed without must realize that economic hardship can -can Johnstown Flood" (Johnstown Flood affecting the structural integrity of any exist, and as the administrator of the half-century has been introduced to the Museum, 524.95) or enjoy the rides at part of the buildíng. Historic Preservation Ordinance it must public on such a tid.e of words, doctrines, the now lost "'Síest View Park" Thus, typical trimwould be decorative reach an agreement with the Borough theories that it is important to remember (Kelleher, Russell, & Young, 524.95). carpentry: door or window surrounds Council on the basic values: the interest that it is the actual, constructed building of You needn't leave your house to take millwork or profiled planking, corner of the whole community balancing the that you will have to live with .... "A Video Tour of Old Economy boards on clapboarded house walls, rights of the property owners. Village" (Videotone, $19.95), or, via vergeboards hanging gables, imita- Compromise must be accepted. Täking time. Bothfairness and the pur- from "Kennywood Memoriesr" share happy lions of stonework such as pediments or Thus, Harrisburg has rightly asserted suit of excellence require that owner days at the best preserved amusement quoins. Decorative work, wood- the usefulness of a preservation law architect, and HRC take ample time in even park in the countr¡ or visit "The - work, applied to building exteriors need recommending, to be sure, coverage of the effort to produce a design that will House on the'rùØaterfall," Frank Lloyd not under this definition be trim; one non-structural work once more yet please everyone .... Wright's architectural masterpiece - could put jigsaw work in the accepting that it must operate within a fancy Fallingwater, designed for the middle of a wall area, instance. In modern, changing community with Style.The presence or absence ofcertain for Kaufmann family. Another prominent some cases, stonework in a brick struc- limited means. types of ornamentation or detailing local family is the subject of "Heinz: judgment ture could perhaps be called trim if The ordinance change elicited concern should not affect of a proposed it The Story of an American Family" as does its wooden counterpart from many people and organizations. design. To design well in a style requires functions (QED, $19.95 each). and has no serious involvement in sîruc- Consequently, after the February 27 not only an acquaintance with its orna- These and other videos available at tural integrity. meeting, Borough Council seemed to be mental vocabulary but also a sense of The Landmarks Store make the perfect willing to review the ordinance once and respectfor its characteristic massing, gift for Pittsburghers living away and again. Our letter deploring the ordinance proportions, materials, etc. .... for visitors to the city who want to change, sent to Borough Council, may or Seutickley Brochure "take home" and share the experience may not prove helpful. Materials. It is less important to insist on of "being there." It may be of interest to read poftions of conformity to the general type of material Presening the Historic Architecture of a Members Landmarks receiue a two documents Landmarks has prepared prevalent at a certain place than to insist Classic American Village: Sewickley, of 10"/o discount on all items. for the Borough. The first, dated May 20, that whatever material is proposed meet Pennsylaania is now available at The 1994, was prepared the a certain standard of quality .... Imita- for Historic Landmarks Store. The l6-page paperback THp L¡Nol,r¡nxs Sronr, Review Commission: tíons of materials and constructional brochure, prepared by the Sewickley Ber.coNv L¡ver methods are apt to look too hard, too Tsr, SHops Rr SrerroN Squnne thin, Historic Review Commission, provides an or something of the sort, and there is Plrtsnuncn, PA t zr9-r r7o something irritating, besides, in the overview of the architectural styles found 5 in Sewickley. 4tz-765-ro4z Page 12 PHLF News . May 1995

View from a Window Arthur P Ziegler, Jn

make its statement with its girded bridge roof line, but in-between is the magnifi- cently ornamented, one might almost say encrusted, Benedum-Trees Building. And directly behind the gentle buildings of Firstside is the Boulevard of the Allies parking garage, which seems to send steel beams going in every direction. How refreshing are the buildings of Firstside, standard bearers of ordinary commercial design of the nineteenth century but humane in scale, handsomely decorated, and stalwart survivors. All are built of brick with painted The Monongahela. Wharf in ¡nodern wood trim, and they rise in height from times, usithWood Street to the rþht. Market Street to Wood Street, where the newest of the buildings, the Conestoga,

The historic buildings of Water Street, or Hout refreshing are the buil.d.íngs of The Monongahcln Wharf from the top of the P&LE Støtion in 1908, duríng the Fort Pitt Boulevard, or Firstside, or by Fírstsíde, standørd bearers of Se s quicentennial cel¿br atíons. any other name are, like Shakespeare's roses, just as sweet. ordinary corntnercía.l desígn of the My office window in The Landmarks nineteenth century but humane ín Building at Station Square frames the The Monongøheln Wharf around 1920, with the Wabash Bridge in the background and wonderful late and scal,e, handsomely decorated, and nineteenth-century still-remaíning buiLd.ings to the right. The l,o.rge pøcleet is probøbly the Homer Smith o/ early twentieth-century buildings stahpart suraiaors. 7974, later the Greater Pittsburgh that burned in 1931. between Vy'ood Street and Market Street facing the Monongahela River. They are amazingly intact. commands the corner in spite of its True, there has been some insensitive diminished cornice and the unfortunate remodeling of two or three of them at fire escape attached to the building on the street level; Victorian window panes have river side. been replaced with modern dark sheets of Current uses provide a nice urban mix- glass, and one building has had an addi- ture, including professional firms, the tional floor added which is a cross be- restaurant Piccolo Piccolo, and an "auto- tween a sensitive renovation and a gizmo, matic control" company. Deterring pedes- b',:t by and large a section of our river- trian use of the street and close-up enjoy- front a¡chitectural heritage is still intact. ment of these pleasant facades is the Rising behind it is the sleek and always noise from the Parkway and Fort Pitt startling PPG complex, and beyond it the Boulevard; plans to relocate the upstream cardboard-boxy Fifth Avenue Place, and side of Fort Pitt Boulevard by shoving it to the east the CNG Building trying to against the downstream side and lowering the Parkway will probably reduce the noise while increasing the sense of traffic Belous: The Monongahekt Whørf in 1893, passing the buildings. from Mount Wøshington. The h.rge uhite A park along the river now occupied by buil.d.ing lcft of center is Joseph Horne's the wharf parking is in the distant future: neur store, burned. out in 1897.

a wonderful idea, but will the funds be available to maintain it? I strolled through Point State Park recently only to find trees cut down to the ground but not replaced and shrubbery removed, and I was reminded of the wildflower planting that has long since vanished. The master plan for restoring Schenley Park entails a $20 million renewal package; our other parks all need millions of dollars of main- tenance. How will the money be found to maintain this projected new park and the new park along the Allegheny River as well? Let's include endowment funds in the capital budgets for them. In front of these buildings, wharfs, streets, railways, expressways, and park- ing facilities all have come and gone. In my own lifetime I have seen the Parkway built and will soon see it demolished in this area and rebuilt. But the little buildings of Firstside re- main, and in the sweeping view of down- ' : :' ; town from Station Square they continue :l , i¡-.¡; '; i-: ':,.- t -, .: to engage the eye most pleasantly while ¡i-.íì:.'ri':,1 - :''rt Progress comes and goes around them. H#'¡,:{'i ' rr.:-., !¿jri.:l May 1995 . PHLF News Page 13

Circa 1930 This excellent view of the present Station Square property and the city beyond was presented to us by Robert L. Spear, Senior Vice-President of Prudential Securities. The presence of the Koppers Building on the horizon toward the left but the absence thus far of the Gulf Building dates the view about 1930. The fresh limestone of the Koppers Building shows up white, but the newest buildings have generally returned to darker, richer colors from the light terra cotta and granite of earlier in the century. Indeed the new Grant Building, a few blocks left of the Smithfield Street Bridge, has a dark bronzy look. Monongahela Wharf, sloping and with- out super-added highway construction, is a parking lot, though a few wharfboats and packets continue an earlier form of traffic. In the foreground, the Wabash Bridge looks trim and handsome, and ready to stand a thousand years. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station has taken over all the south shore of the Monongahela that is readily visible, including the cleared landjust this side of the bridge where the Clinton Furnace, first blast fumace along the river, had stood from 1859 until a year or two before. The railyard area will increase over the next two decades but then decline, while the 700-foot trainshed by Preservation Concerns for New Zoning Code the Smithfield Street Bridge will come This article was submitted by Carol Other zoning techniques can encourage Many of these buildings do not necessar- down in 1935. Kowall, Esq. on behalf of Preservation rehabilitation and restoration of signifi- ily qualify for the protection of historic In the late 1950s a plan was proposed Pittsburgh. Ms. Kowall is a member of cant structures. A developer could be designation yet they are, in the minds of to put a stadium across the nver upon Preservation Pittsburgh and serves on the offered "transfer of development rights" Pittsburghers, "landmarks" nonetheless. it, that is replacing the bridge,- and the Zoning Advisory Group appointed by as a reward for restoring an existing sig- Do we want to have these structures late 1960s- witnessed briefly a mixed- Mayor Tom Murphy. nificant building. Transfer rights would replaced with concrete block buildings development scheme that would have permit a developer to transfer the right to lacking any omamentation apart from obliterated every trace of the P&LE build a larger or taller building to another cheaply designed decorative facades Station. or The City of Pittsburgh is engaged in total parcel of land where the added height or garish fluorescent signage? Do we want Today Station Square proudly occupies revision of its Zoning Code. On the face size would not harm the area's character to encourage the development of pre- the area to further the elaborate plans of of things, the Zoning Code does not ad- and where additional development was packaged chain building designs repro- the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks preservation dress issues, which are left needed to upgrade a depressed commer- duced in every other city in the country? Foundation. Our organization is entering to the Pittsburgh Preservation Ordinance. cial district. A number of other zoning Which alternative will foster a healthy its fourth decade of preserving the history However, the superficially neutral Zoning incentives to encourage adaptive reuse balance of commercial and residential and traditions of Pittsburgh. provisions Code can have a major impact and restoration have beenadopted by uses? Which choices will maintain the preservation on the and adaptive reuse of other cities to maintain buildings which city's regional cultural and commercial historically, architecturally, or culturally add a sense of place and preserve the centers with aesthetically attractive resi- significant structures and districts uniqueness ofthe social fabric and his- dential neighborhoods for every econom- throughout the city. The last revision of tory of the city. ic class? These choices depend on a the Zoning Code, from 1958, had a wide Pittsburgh has a wealth of large resi- Zoning Code with sensitivities to both the THE LnNovTARKS variety planned of both and unplanned dential structures well suited to restora- economic needs and aesthetic amenities effects SronE on commercial and residential tion and adaptive reuse. In structures of Pittsburgh. areas. For neighborhoods and structures where restoration for single-family occu- Voice our common concern: the new The Book and Gift Shop of the not designated under the Preservation pancy is prohibitively expensive, the Code must not tip the balance against Pirtsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Ordinance, zoning can tip the balance of trend has been to increase the intensity of adaptive reuse in favor of a misplaced the property economic decisions owners use and permit conversion to multiple emphasis on changes that focus only on GeRcoyr¡s make. is essential that the preservation It residence dwellings, but this may not the bottom line and thus encourage com- community have a voice in the develop- Þanciful and Grotesque Creatures That always be the best answer to maintaining mercial development that has no concern ment of the Zoning Code. Originally Adomed'Waterspouts and neighborhood character. Pittsburgh for quality of life. Kept Euil Spirits at Bay Landmarks and Preservation Pittsburgh should look closely at very low-impact urge those interested in the preservation All manner of whimsical beings are available- commercial or semi-commercial uses that issues which will be affected the from tin¡ leering faces to full-figures-2 inches by may, in some instances, encourage revised Zoning Code to attend the to 2 feet high, from $2.95 to $1 10. forth- restoration and maintenance of large resi- coming public meetings on the proposed dential structures. With appropriate limi- . Statuettes changes in the industrial, commercial, tations a nonprofit foundation, an archi- institutional, and residential sections . Candleholders of tect's home-based business, or a similar the Zoning Code. . Bookends type of occupancy may exist in a single- One example of a seemingly neutral family neighborhood with less impact on . Decorated Boxes and Corbels zoning provision that affects demolition r traffic and noise than a multi-unit resi- Pewter and Sterling Silver Earrings, versus adaptive reuse is building height dence might make. These types of busi- Pins, and Pendants limitation. In a neighborhood where the nesses may have the funds to restore and . T-Shirts existing commercial buildings are pri- maintain their structures in a manner that marily two stories high, raising the limit an absentee landlord may not. For Kids-Carve to permit four-storied buildings will Your Own Lot-size requirements, fl oor-area ratios, Gargoyle Kits, Ages 8 and up encourage the construction of higher HISTORIC and landscaping and parking require- buildings, allowing more intensive use of QUEEN ANNE VICTORIAN (Too gruesome? We also sell lovely ments are only a few elements of the roserres, particular parcels of property. Some reflective of Richardson style. medallions, mirrors, and angels!) revised Zoning Code that must be care- neighborhoods in Pittsburgh need such Members of Landmarks receiue a fully scrutinized for the impact that spe- increases for viable commercial neigh- Professionally refurbished top to bottom. 10o/o discount on all items. cific changes whether limitations or borhood centers. Howeve¡ other neigh- Spectacular! Award-winning! All modem expansions of -existing regulations will borhoods have relatively healthy com- amenities. Sewickley Village location. have on our city's commercial, industrial,- mercial areas and many buildings that THp SHops ¡r SrerloN Squnnr institutional, and residential districts. Offered at $675,000. add charm and intimacy to their shopping ON TH¡. BalcoNy Pittsburgh has many architecturally areas. In these neighborhoods, For detaíls call Sally Defino 262-5500. PtttsnuRcn, PA r5zr9-r r7o developers interesting commercial buildings (4rzl can be prompted to consider reuse of 765-to4z throughout the city. Our industrial and Howard Hanna Real Estate existing structures through unaltered mixed-use areas have large structures of building height standards. outstanding design and omamentation. Page 14 PHLF News . May 1995 J Ia LA NDM A RKS

Support the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in its work to: Amazing Town . Identify and preserve the architectural, to the North historical, and industrial landmarks in Allegheny County; Continuedfrom page 7 . Encourage and support the revitaliza- tion of historic inner-city neighbor- musical. Last December, I attended the hoods through Preservation Fund ini- Christmas show, performed by a theatric tiatives and programs; group of fine singers from Erie who took . Manage Station Square, the historic us back with considerable nostalgia to the riverfront project initiated by U.S.O. entertainments of the troops dur- Landmarks in 1976; ing the Second V/orld War. They per- . Create tours, publications, and educa- formed to a packed house; in fact, the tional programs on local history and entire series of Christmas shows was sold architecture; out in advance. . Educate the public about historic preservation through the resources of If you were to aisít the Landmarks' library and archives; Ríuerside Inn today, . Continue a well-managed, responsive, and creative membership organization thß rambling usooden buíIdíng with the ability to implement these usoul.d. exhibit no obaious sign of goals on a long-range basis. what it utas around the turn ofthß century saae one: Membership Benefits - Hotel Rhsersí.de (Rh:ersi.de Inn) today it does stü.nd a.s one liuing symbol . Free subscription to PHLF News. of the tousn's once international . Many volunteer opportunities. attractiaeness the Ríaersid.e Inn Although the mineral springs are still turn of this century save one: it does A lOVo discount at The Landmarks available, the Inn utilizes city water. stand as one living symbol- of the town's ' on French Creek,- still proaiding, . Store in The Shops at Station Square. Nevertheless, the hotel provides the once international attractiveness the Free access to our reference library in as it says, "del.ectable fare, marvelous therapeutic effects of its lan- Riverside Inn on French Creek, still- The Landmarks Building at Station a bottl.e of wíne, a soft bed, guorous public spaces, and the wonderful providing, as it says, "delectable fare, a Square. . the end. of a perfect doy." views from the breezeway of French bottle of wine, a soft bed, the end of a Discounts on, or free use of, all educa- Creek and of the grounds of the Inn with perfect day." . tional resources. the shuffleboard, horseshoes, golf Reduced rates on tours, and invitations Food is American hearty fare, consist- putting, and tennis. It sells itselfas "just a to lectures, seminars, and special ing at breakfast of a buffet of scrambled few pleasant miles from everywhere." events. eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes with We in Pittsburgh can be glad that, only fresh fruit and juice. Lunch is an assort- two hours away an Inn continues I l0 Membership Categories ment of sandwiches, and dinner features years after it was built; it has seen history Directions from Pittsburgh to beef and turkey, real mashed potatoes, made while the town grows and forms of Riverside Inn, Cambridge Springs: Please enroll me as a member of the and an assortment of desserts. There is no transportation change. Even though our o I-279 North to 79 North Pittsburgh History & Landmarks low-fat menu for those who are con- reliance on mineral water as a curative o Go approximately 100 miles from Foundation. I have enclosed a contri- cerned about health issues but the food is has waned (and may norr¡ be in for a Pittsburgh and take Exit 37, Route 198 qppro- bution in the amount of (check good. The room rates this season are revival), the Inn has outlasted a series of East priate category): higher than those advertised by William owners, some who honored and main- o Go approximately two miles on 198, Baird in 1902 but are still quite modest. tained it, some who did not. Now it has o Individual $20 or more turn left on Route 6 and 19 at Mr. Baird asked $2.00 to $3.00 a day or been adopted by sensitive and devoted Family or more Saegertown o $25 S10.00 to $17.50 a week. The rates at last new ones. School and Non-profit or more o Proceed approximately eight miles n $25 notice were $85.00 a day for a weekend If it could speak, this rambling wooden tr Senior Citizen $10 or more north to Cambridge Springs double room, and suites were $100. A building would tell many stories, not just n Corporate Supporter $50 or more ¡ Cross the railroad tracks, and at the single room during the week is as little as the secrets of its guests but the tales of an E Corporate Member $250 or more $40; all rooms include the breakfast enorrnous but short-lived boom in a tiny public library turn right, and drive one a Life Benefactor $5,000 (one+ime gift) buffet. The dinner/theater is only $30 a place. If you were to visit it today, this block to the front entrânce at the end person, and you can have a room for $20 rambling wooden building would exhibit of the street. The ponion of your dues exceeding $l 5 is tax- more. no obvious sign of what it was around the Approximate driving time: two hours deductible.

"A copy of the official rcgistration and financial infor- mation of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundadon may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Depanment of State by calling toll free, wi¡hin July I0-14 October 5 and 7 Pennsylvania l -8ú-7 32-û999. Registration does not EVENTS Gommunity Technicsl Assistonce PiilsburghS Architecturol Cenler Conference Treosures, Pcrt I . .'Ttlu":-:"'":":'"':":*:":'. . . Only the dates and titles of upcoming (Pitt's Informal Program) July l0-14 Please enroll me as a member of events are listed below. Invitations with Africon-Americon Historic Sites October 23 the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks detailed information will be mailed to all Foundation. Teocher lnservice (AlU) Distinguished Leclure ond Aword members, so be alert when sorting of Merit Presentotion Name through your mail! On call Landmnrks July I7-21 and24-26 Monday through Friday, between 9:00 Piilsburgh l{eritoge Teocher Street December 3 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., at (412) 471-5808 lnseruice (AlU) Neville House ond Old Sr. [uke3 City forfurther information or to make Holidoy Tour reservations. July 22 and 23 zip Gombridge Springs qnd Grove Telephone May I5-19 City Weekend Bus Tour Preservotion Week Downlown Wolking Tours August 5 and 6 Send check or money order to: Downlown Drogons Fomily N oted Architect Lectures Membership May 19-21 Wclking Tour Duríng P res era øtion Week Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundafion Holl ond Other Virginio One Station Square, Suite 450 Strotford Thomas Gordon Smith, professor of Plqntqtions September 7, 14, 21, 28, 30 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-117 O architecture at Notre Dame University and Coring for Your Historic l{ome author of Classical Archítecture: Rule and June 8 and l0 (Pitt's Informal Program) Londscope Designs of Frederick Inuention, will lecture on "Nineteenth- Century Grecian Architecture in the Ohio Creating a Future Low Olmsted in New York ond September 9 River Valley: History and Current for Pittsburgh by Pirtsburgh Bus Tour to Clevelond, OH Influence," on Wednesday evening, May Preserving its Past (Pitt's Informal Program) September l7 17, at the Mellon Institute Auditorium. June I9-23 Touring rhe Allegheny Gounly The lecture is sponsored by A.I.A. Exploring Architecture Teocher Gourthouse AND Jqil Pittsburgh and the Historic Review lnservice (AlU) Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. October I Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. at the June 26-30 Gotewoy Glipper Riverbool Mellon Institute, Fifth and South Exploring Your Neighborhood Cruise Bellefield Avenues in Oakland. Call (412) Teocher lnservice (AlU) 471-9548 for details. May 1995 . PHLF News Page 15

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The Sixth Street Brídge uas flouted o.uao.y in 1927 to the Nevillz Island Back. In March 1914, uíth the AlLegheny Riaer flooded, the touboøt Duquesne nosed clirectly Channel to become the Coraopolis Bridge that u;as de¡nolíshed ín 1994. ?lre Duquesne up to the Sixth Street Bridge of 1892 at the behest of the U.S. Wol Department, appar- uas buih o.s the H.M. Hoxie ø¿ Cíncinnati ín 1887, exploded in 1906, uas rebuih and entþ just to shou hou inadequate the Allegheny Riuer cleara¡¿ces u)ere. Before 1907 the renamed ín 1907, and u;as scrappetl about 1917. She uaas a rather okl-fashioned wootl- Dur¡tresne u;ould not han;e gotten aboue the Union Briclge, dou¡r by the Poínt, but the en boat, as her hog truss st¿ggests, was 213 feet long, and belongerl to the Combine, the detnonstration resuited nonethelnss in new bridges u,tith higher clearances. iargest jleet of coal høul.ers.

LaNDMARKS HARB-CLG 'Welcomes Workshop o on urban design, planning, and preservation issues Blu¡ Cnoss op VTSTeRN PENNSYLVANIA Tue SocIETY FoR Saturda¡ May 13,7995 D o and THE PRESERVATION OF 9 a.m.-4:30 p.-. CUMENT PNCBNNT COnp Community College AND of Allegheny County O PH oro

as Corporate Member Benefactors PnnsERVATroN DU0UESilT il{Clil¡t $35 per person, Iuncb included of the Pittsburgh History & . Are you interested in knowing how Keynote: Robert A. Beauregard, to Landmarks Foundation. make your pbotographs last? "The Post Modern City and Historic family Dedicated to the preservation of Preservation" . Do you cherish the otaner's manual for Landmarþs appreciates the commitment that whîch crnnot be replaced your 1955 VW Beetle? Topics: Architectural styles, preservation of Blue Cross of 'Western Pennsyluania planning, legal issues, grâssroots advoca- . Do you tuant your Luedding and baby and PNCBank Corp in helpìng us cy, economic development versus historic uideos to suruiue more than ten years? create a future for Pittsburgh For a membership resources o Are you trying to find remaining traces by preseruing its past. please Dhone 381-1665 II of your family history? Co-sponsored by Preservation Pinsburgh, Come to: The Sheraton Hotel, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Station Square Commission, Community College of Arc hite cture aÍter Ríchardson Members Help Increase Allegheny Counry, and the City of on Friday, May 79 from 7-9 p.m. Pittsburgh Historic Review Receives an A.I.A. Award Membership Commission. Discuss these issues and ask quesrions. At the April 1995 convention of the One of our goals this year is to increase You will also learn whar Pennsylvania Society of Architectural Historians, the number of members in the Pittsburgh Call (412) 627-4714 for details. libraries, archives, historical socieries, and Margaret Henderson Floyd learned that History & Landmarks Foundation. In records repositories are doing to make H A R B -CLG her book, Architecture after Richardson, March we invited our members to help us I : H istorìc Ar ch itectural sure our collections will last for furure had received an award in history from the achieve this goal by sending us names Reuieut Boards-Certified Local generations to use and enjoy. The Chair of American Institute of Architects. The and addresses of friends or organizations Gouernmentsl the Pennsylvania Preservation Advisory A.I.A. jury, chaired by Philip Johnson, that might be interested in joining Committee will be present ro talk about what designer of PPG Place, chose Margaret's Landmarks. Many of our members is being planned for Pennsylvania, and what other states have done to book as one of44 from seven countries to responded to this request, and we are now preserve their cultural heritage. Find be cited for Excellence in International in the process of inviting more than 250 our what you can do to help. Give us your Book Publishing; of these, I I are in the people and organizations to join. We Historic Harmony Tour ideas and suggestions. category of history. thank all of our members who responded Saturday, June 3, 1995 Landmarks was the co-publisher of to our request and respect the wishes of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A public information Architecture after Richardson in 1994 those who choose not to respond. rneeting spotæored by Tour private homes and museum build- with The University of Chicago Press. the Pittsburgh History (575.00) ings. Lunch is available at Stewart Hall. (s The book may be purchased at L an dmarks F o un dati o n The Landmarks Store in Station Square. $10 Donation. Call452-7341 .for detaits. Page 16 PHLF News . May 1995

PITTSBURGH ARCHITECTURE : Mu,teriuls

Walter C. Kidney

I nuu" been working on a personal sort ofbook, intended to present architecture - as I have seen it - in its various aspects, and I am going to cannibalize the accumulated words and pictures once or twice for the purposes of the present series. In this issue, the perceived qualities of exterior building materials are the subject: materials so formed, and pre- sented at such a scale, that their color, texture, density, and strength are best felt and appreciated. At the Allcgheny County Courthouse, downtolþn, that obdurate Grøníte øgain, at the McCl.ea.ne tomb at Albgheny Cemetery: materiøl granite quictly recalls its resßtance to the ha.¡nmers delicate chßelcd cøpitals, surføces uith afrosted' smoothfin- that euentuaþ bøshed. ít doun to a.n approxímately fla't surface- ßh, surfaces uíth a mirror gloss. Minia.ture orchitecture, Concentrated., intensitse toohng created ø crisp,lh.,ely ímage of u¡ith the material treated ju.st rþht for the scab. the County a,rms.

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Boørd-and.-batten wølls uertical plnnles and stríps of millutorh 7¿7s¿61 the woodí- - - ness of usood used øs a thin membrøneo only an inch thi.ck, sounding loud.ly when rapped. Machine-cut uood., not wood caraed or roughly dressed ín massiue pi,eces. Around 7910, brirk mþht be treated ru Boørd-and-bøtten sidíng not onþ celebrates one treattnent of íts rnateria,l; íts delbate øImost lilæ u)ater cobr. Here dre tu)o aerti,cøls creclte ø beautífu| shødoused surface under sunlight, and'help correct bad exannplcs opposite each other on Elmer proportions. Thís photo shouts the Abbott-Mørshall house of c. 1860 øt 918-20 Street at Negl.ey Auenue. The first St. Jamcs Pla.ce in Shad.ysi.de. (aboae), house r from an apartment of 1909 by Janssen & Abbott, is a lþht strantsberry-red. brick thøt has been strangely dßtorted in the nrol.ding and firing: uery unusuaL The second (rþht), from 1912 ønd by an unknousn architect, ís ø rough-textured briclt rønging ín å shødefrom charcoal gray to cherry red, É set in thick, sand.y, war¡n-colnred. ¡nortør.

Terrø cottd., being mol.ded as clay thenf,red to hørdness, allous great license. Here is a seraice station by the WíIIiam G. Wilkins Company on Bøu¡n Boulcuard in the East End, c. 1915.

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