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PHLF News Publication PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION r sTATroN sQ sTE 450 PITTSBURGH PA I52I9-I170 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 PHLF I[e u) s 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.
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