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Grant from The Heinz Endowments and PA In this issue: 3 State Commitment Help Rescue New Granada Work Is Completed on Four Wilkinsburg Houses: Only One Still for Sale 5 Landmarks Receives Second Getty Foundation Campus Heritage Grant 12 Landmarks Assists Four Counties with Revitalization Efforts 24 2008 Event Preview

Landmarks Forms Non-profit Subsidiary Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. returned to the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation on October 15 to serve as the chief executive officer of a new non-profit, Landmarks Community The New Granada Theater in the Hill District once housed a movie theater on the first Capital Corporation (LCCC). floor and a stage on the second, where racially-diverse crowds enjoyed performances Howard served as Landmarks’ by the giants of jazz: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, director of preservation services from Cab Calloway, and others. The building has been vacant since the late 1960s. December 30, 1993 until July 21, 1999, when he was appointed direc- hanks to a $200,000 grant from CDC. “Landmarks tor of the Pittsburgh Fannie Mae TThe Heinz Endowments, awarded has the staff to Community Business Center. “Howard on May 9 to the Pittsburgh History & work with us to has been deeply involved in commu- Landmarks Foundation as the fiscal organize the profes- nity development financing from sponsor for the Hill Community sional team to every perspective and in preservation Development Corporation (CDC), replace the decayed nationally,” noted Landmarks and Landmarks’ staff is now working jointly roof, stabilize the LCCC President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., with the Hill CDC to stabilize the New walls, and prepare “so we are fortunate to have him.” Granada Theater at 2007 Centre Avenue the building for full LCCC gives Landmarks the oppor- The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks in the Hill District. In addition, State restoration.” tunity to expand activities in neigh- Foundation is nominating the New Representative Jake Wheatley has “Our initial goals are to stabilize borhood and urban revitalization. Granada to the National Register of obtained a $500,000 grant commitment the building, take care of public safety The corporation’s focus will be on Historic Places. The building is in from the Commonwealth of matters, and install a new roof,” said providing equity, debt, and short- desperate need of major funding to Pennsylvania. Landmarks President Arthur P. Ziegler, and intermediate-term financing for help stabilize it. The details below Designed by African-American Jr. Approximately $50,000 of the grant housing and economic development and to the right show the collapsed architect Louis Bellinger in 1927 as the money is being used to underwrite the activities in Western Pennsylvania, roof and broken cornice. Pythian Temple and remodeled in 1937 cost of preparing the necessary drawings Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. by Alfred Marks for the New Granada to obtain bids for architectural, engi- It will also focus on public-sector Theater, the deteriorating structure is neering, and construction management policy initiatives, work with legisla- the most significant vacant cultural work. At least $2 million will be needed tors, and utilize tools such as the landmark in the city of Pittsburgh. It to completely stabilize the New Granada. New Markets Tax Credits to bring holds the most promise—and presents Once the building is stabilized, the additional needed capital to the region. the greatest renovation challenge. Hill CDC will involve a team of local “LCCC’s first priority,” said In 1995, Landmarks gave the Hill and national consultants in studying Howard, “is to build a financial base CDC a $99,000 loan so it could possible uses for the theater, and in by obtaining grants and investment purchase the New Granada, but crafting developing a renovation strategy using capital. Then LCCC will be able to a feasible plan and funding strategy green-building standards. support expansion of the regional has taken time and has been an uphill “The Heinz Endowments’ lead grant employment base; promote energy struggle—until now. and the State’s commitment give new conservation, green building, and “We are thankful to The Heinz hope to our cause,” said Marimba, sustainability; assist rural and farm Endowments and the State for taking “and will help us leverage additional economic developments; and contract the initiative and investing in this com- grants to keep the project moving with government and private agencies munity asset at this critical time,” said forward. Time is of the essence but we to define such projects and conduct Marimba Milliones, chair of the Hill are hopeful.” feasibility studies.” Page 2 PHLF News • December 2007

“Woodville Plantation” Is in Good Hands On September 18, ownership of “Woodville Plantation,” the John and Presley Neville House in Collier Township, was officially transferred from Landmarks to the Neville House Associates (NHA). “The Neville House Associates is an excellent group,” said Landmarks President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., “and has partnered with us to operate the site since 1976, when we acquired the house in order to save it from demolition. The NHA has the leadership ability, technical knowledge, The John Roberts House, and volunteer support needed to operate 225 North Central Avenue, this National Historic Landmark. As an Canonsburg. The 1809 independent agency, it will be better able stone and 1840 brick to raise funds for the house.” portions of the house face North Central Avenue.

Historic Roberts House Saved house was replaced and to some extent Western Pennsylvania architecture… On October 4, Landmarks purchased Dave Vargo, a Neville House Associate. the John Roberts House, one of the encapsulated in a brick structure. Some [and]…is of far more than local interest most significant 18th- and early 19th- of the log walls are still visible inside. and can bear comparison with similar Landmarks will continue to provide century historic properties in Western For over 30 years Jefferson College work on the eastern seaboard.” funds for the annual operating costs of Pennsylvania. Landmarks acquired the (now Washington & Jefferson) owned Landmarks will hold the Roberts the house for at least another decade, Roberts House from Andrew J. Tarnik, the house and used it as a residence for House for one year while the newly- or until the NHA is able to operate who had purchased the house in either its president or faculty members. formed Washington County Cultural completely independently. Our members December 2006 in order to save it The Roberts House is extensively Trust (WCCT) raises money to restore will continue to receive free admission from being demolished for a parking lot. detailed in Charles Stotz’s The Archi- the historic house as a cultural center. to “Woodville” (see page 23). It had stood empty for years. tectural Heritage of Early Western In the meantime, Landmarks may under- The house began as a log house in Pennsylvania. In the National Register take work to stabilize the property. 1798. Behind it a stone addition was nomination form for the property, Before transferring the Roberts House Landmarks Awards added in 1804. Another particularly Landmarks Co-founder James D. Van to the WCCT, Landmarks will accept handsome stone addition was added Trump stated that the Roberts House an easement to protect the landmark Loan to “The Castle” next to it in 1809. Circa 1840 the log “is an irreplaceable monument to in perpetuity. On July 10, Landmarks awarded a $100,000 loan to Wilmerding Renewed, Inc., a non-profit organization that was formed in 2006 to restore “The Castle,” originally the Westinghouse Air-Brake General Office Building in Wilmerding. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the oldest portion of the building, designed in 1894, is attributed to Frederick Osterling. Much of the original building was destroyed in a fire. In 1896 Osterling designed a new office building that was later enlarged by Janssen & Cocken in 1927. Dolores Jarrell, Gerry Brandt, Arthur Ziegler, and Jay Jarrell on August 21. High School Listed on National Register The Turtle Creek High School was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 30; the nomination was prepared by Laura Ricketts, research assistant at Landmarks, in cooperation with the Committee to Save Turtle Creek High School. The Classical Revival structure at 126 Monroeville Avenue, built in Bedford Springs Resort Opens 1917–18 to the designs of George H. The previous owner destroyed the tilework After visiting the newly-restored and ever been,” according to Landmarks Schwan, is now Woodland Hills East of the indoor pool, so it was totally rebuilt. reopened resort on August 21, many President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. The Junior High School. members called Mary Lu Denny, direc- enormously complicated renovation In letters of thanks to Landmarks, tor of membership services, to say that and expansion has been little short of a Committee members wrote: “The PHLF Landmarks can pat itself on the back miracle. Bedford Resort Partners, Ltd., name behind our project made everyone for its role in saving the resort. (In 2006, who managed the $120 million project, stand up and take notice that we were Landmarks accepted an easement on benefited from a federal historic tax very serious and very passionate about all the historic buildings and historic credit and combined private investment preservation....Thank you for all of the golf course.) Our members described with grants from the state of Pennsylvania. time you spent mentoring us at meetings the hotel and landscaped grounds as Corgan Associates (Dallas), 3North and on the phone, in our quest to save “breathtaking” and the rooms “luxurious.” (Richmond) and Sandvick Architects Turtle Creek High School. You carefully The National Historic Landmark (Cleveland) comprised the architectural guided us in the right direction.” property, with portions dating from team; Reynolds Construction (Harrisburg) 1804, is probably “better than it has was the contractor. All the wooden posts and railings were sent to Altoona for paint removal and restoration. PHLF News • December 2007 Page 3

Donors Recognized at Landmarks Heritage Society Event Landmarks Heritage Society members were recognized for their support this year at two special events on September 26 in two historic downtown buildings. Donors of $1,000 or more were invited to an “under construction” site visit at the Granite Building on Sixth Avenue, where building owner Dwight Quarles, president and Landmarks trustee Holly Brubach of Eagle Construction, stands described how she is converting the with Jack Schmitt and Erin Cunningham and their son eight-story building into condomini- outside 811 Holland Avenue, ums for office or residential use. several weeks before the Landmarks President Arthur P. scheduled closing on November 15. Ziegler, Jr. was also on hand to thank the 65 attendees for their support and to deliver his “regional preserva- tion report.” Arthur described how Landmarks is using easements to Work Is Completed on Four Wilkinsburg Houses: including stairs to the circular space of enable the preservation and develop- the turret, were rebuilt to designs by ment of major historic landmarks Landmarks Design Associates such as the Bedford Springs Hotel Only One Still for Sale Architects. The three-story building now (see page 2) and how our Historic includes a first-floor apartment that the Religious Properties Initiative, Main owner can rent and a second- and third- Street programs, and neighborhood On November 15, Jack Schmitt and floor living space for the owner. 524 Jeanette Saved, revitalization efforts are strengthening Erin Cunningham closed on 811 Holland “Eagle Construction has done a Avenue, one of four houses recently Rebuilt, and for Sale terrific job in saving and rebuilding this communities. “These projects would restored by the Pittsburgh History & During the Wilkinsburg Neighborhood home,” said Tom. “Whoever qualifies to not be possible without the support of Landmarks Foundation with funding Transformation Initiative that Landmarks purchase this home, will have a real prize.” our members,” Arthur emphasized. support from the Allegheny County helped fund and publish in 2004, resi- Arthur commended Holly for realizing Department of Economic Development, dents assessed the history of the area, CMU’s Heinz School the potential of the Granite Building, Sarah Scaife Foundation, Hillman locations of significant vacant homes, Foundation, Dominion, and Russell W. and neighborhood demographics. As a Students Study acquiring it, and converting it into Coe, along with contributions from result, the Hamnett Place Neighborhood Wilkinsburg Taxes commercial and residential space. several Named Funds at Landmarks. Association identified 524 Jeanette Street He recognized her as “an example of a “This is a tremendous opportunity as one of the most architecturally signif- Property taxes in Wilkinsburg are among Pittsburgher who has lived in other the highest in the nation. Therefore, at for my family,” said Jack. “Landmarks icant dwellings. When the Allegheny countries yet has chosen to return to and the County invested about the request of Landmarks, eight students County Vacant Properties Committee her hometown to implement her $145,000 in restoring this house and we from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz proposed working with Landmarks to vision for urban living.” were able to work with them to select restore at least four homes in the School of Public Policy and Management some of the interior and exterior paint Hamnett Place area, 524 Jeanette are studying various aspects of the tax Following the Granite Building colors, carpet, kitchen cabinets, counter was included. The all-brick, turreted issue. They are collecting data to deter- reception, Heritage Society members mine how strong the statistical correla- tops, flooring, cove base, and bath tile.” structure seemed solid on the outside, who made irrevocable planned gift “As of early November, two more tion is between the Wilkinsburg tax rate upon first inspection, while the extent of commitments to Landmarks attended houses––522 and 516 Jeanette––had interior damage—due to neglect, water and a number of other variables such as a dinner and program at the Duquesne signed sales agreements and were set to damage, and decades of debris left piled property values, tax liens, and fore- close in December,” said Michael in the rooms—was difficult to ascertain. closures. They are also studying the Club. Each donor was given a pen Sriprasert, coordinator of real estate “As work progressed at 524 significant tax lien situation on many made from wood salvaged from a programs at Landmarks. “That leaves Jeanette,” said Tom Keffer, property and of the properties, and they are develop- historic building and engraved with only one more house on the market–– construction manager at Landmarks, ing a “green” strategy for Wilkinsburg his or her name. The pens were made based on successful principles and 524 Jeanette––and we hope to sell that “it became clear that the entire interior by Landmarks Comptroller Tom Croyle by year’s end,” Michael added. practices used by other communities. structure had to be rebuilt. Our contrac- who is an accomplished woodworker. Buyers of the homes must meet They will complete the project in tor, Eagle Construction & Remediation Alan Greenberg and Matt Thompson income requirements set by the U.S. LLC, had to completely remove all December and submit a report to of The North Shore Group, Citi Bank Department of Housing and Urban wood floors, stairs, walls, plaster, Landmarks. “The students’ analysis Development which are determined by and lath.” will help guide and influence commu- Smith Barney in New York, generously household size. A one-person household In the rebuilding phase, new footers nity policies,” said Michael Sriprasert. underwrote the evening event and must make at or below $40,500; a two- were installed to support the new load- “We are fortunate that CMU’s Heinz provided information on infrastruc- person household at or below $46,313; bearing timber; new floors were placed School agreed to undertake this signifi- ture investment strategies. a three-person household at or below upon it; and rafters and a new roof were cant study,” he added. $52,063; and a four-person household constructed. Interior walls and stairs, To become a member of the Landmarks at or below $57,875. Heritage Society, contact Jack Miller ([email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 538) to discuss a variety of donor options available to you. Your gift is an investment in the Pittsburgh region and will help Landmarks provide the necessary leadership, knowledge, and The exterior of resources so people can save histori- 524 Jeanette has cally-significant places that add to the been restored and the interior has social, cultural, and economic vitality been wholly rebuilt. of their communities. Page 4 PHLF News • December 2007

Market at Fifth: Westmoreland and Greene Counties: Progressing 1,150 Farms Being Surveyed Very Carefully In conjunction with the Historic online, along with a collection of oral Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. Pennsylvania Agriculture Project, histories from Pennsylvania farmers and Landmarks has joined with the federal archival materials, including federal and Preserve America program and the state agricultural census manuscripts for We began restoring three historic buildings Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 1850, 1880, and 1927. at Market Street and Fifth Avenue in early summer by demolishing portions of two Commission (PHMC) to help fund Landmarks hopes to secure additional of them! and manage a survey of 1,150 working farms and farmsteads in Our members will recall that under the Westmoreland and Greene Silos (c. 1945–55) in Hopewell Township, administration of Mayor Murphy, the roof Counties. The total project cost is Washington County. of an Italianate building at 439 Market $109,942; Preserve America/PHMC Street had collapsed, taking three floors have contributed $65,000 and with it as it fell into the basement. The Losing Ground Landmarks must raise $44,942. Urban sprawl is occurring at a higher rate in The purpose of the survey is to Pennsylvania than in almost any other state document the agricultural history in the nation. As a result, Landmarks’ and resources of these two coun- Historic Farm Preservation Program, ties and create a comprehensive established in 2002 with a lead grant from database that will support a state- the Richard King Mellon Foundation and wide effort to preserve working farms, Sheep shed (c. 1880–90) in Mt. Pleasant augmented by grants from the Laurel boost the agricultural economy, develop Township, Washington County. Foundation and trustee Richard M. Scaife, heritage education and tourism, and is taking on a sense of urgency. raise awareness about the importance of funding to conduct a market analysis for Pennsylvania’s agricultural industry. special agricultural purposes based on To date, Landmarks has protected 1,300 In July 2007, project teams began the survey data; define and implement acres and 35 historic farm buildings (having photographing buildings and landscapes, a rural tourism program based on the a value of over $6.4 million) through a sketching site plans of farmsteads, and region’s unique historic resources; and combination of easements, acquisitions, and gift planning strategies. documenting special features that may assess the potential for developing a be unique to regional agriculture. farm preservation easement program Consultants Jeremy Ammerman, Aaron for Washington and Greene counties. Graeme Street façades: Landmarks owns the Bradford Collins, and Helen Cole began For more information contact corner building and the vacant space where visiting local historical societies and the project manager, Eugene Matta, two Italianate façades are being rebuilt. libraries to gather data, historic maps, director of real estate and special South Fayette and photographs. development programs at Landmarks: When the survey is completed in [email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 519. Farmland Saved city failed to seal the building and it was August 2008, the data will be accessible In 2003, Landmarks worked with the permitted to rot for several years. Fearing South Fayette Township Board of that 439 Market and two adjacent historic Commissioners and Township Manager buildings might be lost, we purchased all three of them on January 9 (see PHLF Mike Hoy to analyze possible uses for News, April 2007). the 217-acre Boy’s Industrial Home of Western Pennsylvania in Oakdale. The We had difficulty carrying out environ- home had closed and only one historic mental analyses and completing the clean- building remained––the gymnasium–– up because the rear walls of 439 and 441 but the land was used for farming and Market, and the party wall between them, natural growth. were in dubious condition. The remaining As part of its Historic Farm Preservation joists in 439 Market were resting on a Program, Landmarks employed the land- mere quarter inch of the sidewalls, and a scape design firm of LaQuatra Bonci large air conditioner hung suspended on the edge of the collapsed roof. Associates and the architectural firm Landmarks Design Associates to work Under the direction of Tom Keffer, our together with government leaders and property and construction manager, community residents to develop a preser- Sterling Contracting and the demolition vation plan for the property. firm Norelco, Inc. began working at night We are pleased to report that in July (for public safety reasons) and slowly–– of this year South Fayette announced that brick by brick––removed the two rear walls the Allegheny County Agricultural Land of 439 and 441 Market. (The rear wall of Preservation program had agreed to pay 439 Market had been replaced about $1.6 million, or $10,000 an acre, for the 50 years ago.) Much of the party wall also rights to the land to ensure that most of it had to be removed, and that, too, was C. 1880–1900 house in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County. done brick by brick. will remain farmland. Fifty-seven acres will be used for recreational purposes. All the bricks were cleaned off site and then returned to the site for reconstruc- Caldwell’s Illustrated, Historical Centennial Atlas tion. Since the historic rear wall of of Greene County, Pa., 1876. 441 Market was two bricks thick, we are using those bricks to build two historic rear walls where there had only been one. The party wall is also being rebuilt with its historic bricks. Sterling Contracting is installing a new roof and will restore the three buildings so they are a prototype of the LEED-certified green-building standards discussed for historic buildings during our day-long National Summit on October 30, 2006. When Market at Fifth is completed in 2008, there will be seven apartments in the buildings with retail on the first floor. The buildings will be handsomely lit at night, thanks to a generous grant of $10,000 from Duquesne Light. Vince Sebal is making a video of the entire project, thanks to a $7,500 grant from PPG and its Pittsburgh Paints brand. 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• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Welcome founded as Indiana State Normal School in 1875; and New Staff Members • Seton Hill University, Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. is CEO Greensburg, Westmoreland of Landmarks Community Capital County, founded as St. Joseph’s Corporation (see page 1); he rejoined Academy in 1883. our staff on October 15 and will spear- Landmarks is involving members head this new financial and development of the college communities, partic- corporation. ularly within the student popula- tions, in the process of developing Anne E. Nelson joined our staff on the conservation plans, and also is August 6 as general counsel. She provides Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. recommending how each college expertise on planned giving matters and can reach out to the community. easements and assists with general preser- The project team includes Ellis vation programs as well. For the Schmidlapp, president of past two years Anne volunteered as an Landmarks Design Associates Old Main, 1835, architect unknown, Washington & Jefferson College. Architects; Richard Liberto, horti- intern with Landmarks and in 2006 was culturist and landscape designer; one of only three persons selected nation- and Landmarks staff members Eugene Matta, ally to receive a summer legal internship Landmarks Receives Tom Keffer, Albert Tannler, and Ron Yochum. at the National Trust for Historic This is the last year that the Getty Foundation is Preservation in Washington, D.C. Second Getty funding the Campus Heritage Program. Anne was admitted to the Pennsylvania In 2005, Landmarks received its first Campus Bar on October 12; she completed her Foundation Campus Heritage Program grant and completed conserva- juris doctorate at Duquesne University tion reports for Allegheny College, Geneva College, School of Law, where she was a member Heritage Grant Grove City College, and Slippery Rock University. of the Public Interest Law Association The final reports were praised by the schools as and a recipient of the University’s Anne E. Nelson well as by the Getty Foundation, which prompted Pro Bono Award. The Getty Foundation of Los Angeles, California, them to approve a slightly higher grant for has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Pittsburgh Landmarks in 2007. Ethan Raup, manager of community History & Landmarks Foundation under its 2007 The Getty Foundation’s normal practice has revitalization programs, joined our staff Campus Heritage Program. “This grant allows us been to give grants directly to individual colleges on September 24. He comes to us with to work with four colleges in Southwestern which then complete a conservation report. an excellent background in community Pennsylvania to develop stewardship plans that However, Landmarks President Arthur Ziegler will help each college manage and preserve its recognized that a historically-significant collection development and public service gained historic structures and landscapes,” said Eugene of small colleges existed in Western Pennsylvania from work experiences in Pittsburgh Matta, director of real estate and special develop- that would not necessarily have the resources on an and Seattle. As the executive director ment programs at Landmarks. Each college has individual basis to apply to the Getty Foundation. of the Mt. Washington Community contributed its required matching contribution of When he suggested to the Getty Foundation that Development Corporation from 2006 to $10,000 and work is well underway. The selected Landmarks could undertake the conservation 2007, Ethan helped increase the program institutions are: studies for a group of colleges, the Foundation and operating budget from $400,000 to over $1 million. In Seattle, he worked for • Washington & Jefferson College, Washington encouraged Landmarks to apply—and awarded Landmarks first one, and then a second, grant. the Mayor and County Executive, where County, founded as Washington Academy Ethan Raup in 1787; Landmarks is the only historic preservation he was Director of the Office of Regional organization to have received two consecutive Policy and Planning for King County, • California University of Pennsylvania, awards to work on a total of eight colleges in one which encompasses most of metropolitan Seattle. Washington County, founded as California region of the country. For further information, At Landmarks, Ethan is responsible for the real estate State Normal School in 1852; contact the project manager, Eugene Matta: component of the Allegheny Together Main Street [email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 519. program (see page 12) and will be involved in Landmarks Community Capital Corporation and in our neighborhood revitalization efforts.

Marilyn Whitelock rejoined our staff on July 16 as community relations coordinator. She is the contact person for neighborhood organizations and coordinates information between Landmarks and Town Center Associates, a company that is providing services to Landmarks in its work in Allegheny and Beaver counties (see pages 12 and 13).

Marilyn Whitelock

Old Main, 1868, Barr & Moser, architects, California Administration Building, 1886, Joseph Stillburg, University of Pennsylvania. architect, Seton Hill University. New Volunteers We welcome Pat Schultz of Bethel Park, who is volunteer- ing in our office, and two new docents––Karen Cahall of Mt. Lebanon and Katie Kemezis of Shadyside––who are leading city and neighborhood tours for schools and various groups. Twenty-five people volunteer as docents for Landmarks and enable our staff to involve more than 11,000 people Sutton Hall, 1875, each year in educational programs. James W. Drum, If you enjoy working with people, learning about architect, Pittsburgh’s architectural heritage, and being outdoors, Indiana University then contact Mary Lu Denny ([email protected]; of Pennsylvania. 412-471-5808, ext. 527) to find out how you can become a docent. Page 6 PHLF News • December 2007

21 Historic Landmark Plaques Awarded

The Historic Plaque Designation Committee of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, chaired by trustee Richard M. Scaife, awarded 21 plaques recognizing some 38 buildings, including three districts and two designed landscapes, during its annual meeting on April 26. Residential architecture ranged from an 1832 log house in Gibsonia, Victorian houses in Leetsdale and Oakdale, Colonial Revival houses in Shadyside and Munhall, an Arts & Crafts enclave in Fox Chapel, to two 1936 houses in Ross Township’s Swan Acres, which Walter C. Kidney, in a photo of c. 1953 Architectural Forum called “the nation’s taken by Haverford College classmate first modern American subdivision.” Thomas H. Garver and recently donated The oldest of three designated to Landmarks. churches is the sole surviving docu- mented building in Pittsburgh by the region’s first woman architect, Elise Mercur. Kidney Books There are two golf courses, a municipal building, two industrial Praised Elmhurst Road Historic District. Elmhurst Swan Acres Historic District. Swan sites now converted to housing, an Place, Fox Chapel. 1904–20. Wilbur M. May Drive, Ross Township. 1936. Quentin S. George Malko penned a complimentary African-American landmark, several et al. Beck for Beck, Pople & Beck, architects. distinguished structures adapted to review about Beyond the Surface and new uses, and an urban oasis—Mellon Former First National Bank of Pitcairn Life’s Riches, published posthumously by Square—that is an outstanding example (now commercial/rental). 500 Second Street, The Pittsburgh History & the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks of mid-20th-century design, urban Pitcairn. C. 1910. Kiehnel & Elliott, architects. Landmarks Foundation created the planning, and local philanthropy. Historic Landmark Plaque program Foundation, where Walter Kidney Fox Chapel Golf Club. 426 Fox Chapel The specific sites designated as in 1968 to identify architecturally- worked as an architectural historian and Road, Fox Chapel. 1924–25; Alden & Harlow, “Historic Landmarks” are (in alpha- architects. Remodeled and enlarged in 1931; significant structures and designed author from 1985 until December 1, 2005. betical order by current name): Brandon Smith, architect. Golf course designed landscapes throughout Allegheny The review was handsomely presented by Seth Raynor, 1925. County. An Historic Landmark in the Spring 2007 issue of Haverford Carnegie Steel Manager’s house. Plaque does not protect a building 518 East Eleventh Street, Munhall. 1900. from alteration or demolition. Alumni Magazine. Malko described the To date, more than 525 plaques Chalfant Log House. 2716 West Hardies two books as possessing “the quiet vigor have been awarded to significant Road, Hampton Township. 1832. of elegant simplicity” that Walter would buildings, districts, landscapes, have appreciated, and recognized that and structures throughout Allegheny County that are 50 years old or more. Walter “helps us see through his eyes his For further information visit discovery of the eternal beauty which www.phlf.org or contact Frank architecture can offer.” In the “dreamy Stroker, assistant archivist at but intense” memoir Beyond the Surface, Landmarks: [email protected]; Gardner Steel Conference Center, 412-471-5808, ext. 525. Malko notes that the reader discovers University of Pittsburgh (Central “moments of steel, dusted with humor.” Turnverein). 130 Thackeray Street, Oakland. 1911–12. Kiehnel & Elliott, architects. The two books, Malko concludes, give us “a memorable opportunity to hear the Heinz Lofts (five H. J. Heinz Company buildings). Progress Street, Troy Hill. voice of a man whose eyes missed noth- 1913–27. H. J. Heinz Company, R. M. ing on the ground even as they rose so Trimble, and Albert Kahn, architects. quickly from it and saw around him that Lawrence Hall, Point Park University which was worth remembering, worth (Keystone Athletic Club). Wood Street at Third Avenue, Downtown. 1927–29. Benno celebrating and, all too often, worth Janssen for Janssen & Cocken, architects. fighting to save.” Mellon Square. Between Smithfield Street Walter gave substance and direction to Christian Tabernacle Kodesh Church of and William Penn Place and Oliver and Sixth Immanuel (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church). our organization through his words and Avenues, Downtown. 1954–55. James A. 2601 Centre Avenue, the Hill. 1896. Elise Mitchell for Mitchell & Ritchey, architects; philosophy, while writing unlike any Mercur, architect. Simonds & Simonds, landscape architects. other about the character of our city Former First National Bank of Pitcairn The Church of The Holy Cross Mt. Lebanon Golf Course (Castle and its architecture. To purchase Life’s (St. James Episcopal Church). Shannon Golf Club). 1000 Pine Avenue, 7507 Kelly Street, Homewood. 1905–06. Riches or Beyond the Surface, visit Mt. Lebanon. 1907–08. George A. Ormiston, Carpenter & Crocker, architects. www.phlf.org; or call 412-471-5808, landscape architect/designer. Colonial Place Historic District Colonial ext. 525; or e-mail: [email protected]. . Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building. Place and Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside. 1898. 710 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon. George S. Orth, architect; E. H. Bachman, 1928–30. William H. King, Jr., architect. landscape artist. New Granada Theater (Pythian Temple). The Cork Factory (Armstrong Cork 2007 Centre Avenue, the Hill. 1927–28. Company Buildings). 2349 Railroad Street, Louis A. S. Bellinger, architect. Remodeled Strip District. 1901, 1902; addition 1913. in 1937–38; Alfred M. Marks, architect. Frederick J. Osterling, architect. (See page 1 story.) Edgeworth Club. 511 East Drive, Southminster Presbyterian Church Edgeworth. 1930–31; 1952. Brandon Smith, (Mt. Lebanon Presbyterian Church). architect. 799 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon. 1927–28. Thomas Pringle, architect. Colonial Place Historic District “Elm Ridge,” James Gardiner Coffin/ John Walker house. 1 Breck Drive, W. J. Stewart/Howard Stewart house. Leetsdale. 1869. Isaac Hobbs, architect; 124 Hastings Avenue, Oakdale. 1873. David Kerr, builder. Plan published in Hobbs Architecture, 1873. PHLF News • December 2007 Page 7

date due to dedicated memorial funds, endowment funds, donations and Your Help Is pledges by the congregation, and PHLF grants. We continue Needed fund-raising events in the church and the community as we prepare additional Designate your tax-deductible, Grant Applications and plan the year-end gift to support beginning of Phase II, the West View Landmarks’ Historic Religious Elevation, in mid-July.... Properties Initiative. On behalf of the congregation of Bethel Presbyterian Church and the By doing so, you and others will give us Stained Glass Window Committee we the financial resources to award grants thank PHLF for the emotional support, that will leverage additional funds and the training made available, and the result in the maintenance and restora- financial grant support. tion of architectural landmarks that are active centers of worship and providers Pastor Dan Cramer of Zion Christian of social services. Church in Carrick wrote on March 29: I want to thank PHLF, once again, for Since 1997, Landmarks has your generous and extremely important awarded more than $580,000 help that is extended to churches through to more than 100 churches and Restoring the opalescent glass windows at Bethel Presbyterian Church. your Historic Religious Properties synagogues. Initiative. Our congregation has once again benefited from this initiative, and This is a remarkable record of accom- you have helped us immensely to meet plishment and has only been possible Our Gifts Are Helping repair costs that are beyond our ability. because of the generosity and continu- Historic Religious Properties ing annual support of our members. 34 Historic Religious Simply make your check payable to On February 7, Landmarks awarded a Spot pointing of the stone masonry Properties Have Applied “PHLF” and reference it to “Historic total of $87,245 in grants to 15 historic has been completed also. for 2008 Grants Religious Properties Fund” (HRPF)–– religious properties in Allegheny or to any other program of your choice, • Stained glass has been repaired, November 1 marked the deadline for County, plus seven technical assistance such as “education” or “neighborhood stucco restored, and interior walls the 2008 Historic Religious Properties awards, and two energy studies. By repaired at St. Peter & St. Paul revitalization.” October, work was underway at all grant awards. “Thirty-four historic Ukrainian Orthodox G. C. Church religious properties are requesting 15 historic religious properties––and of Carnegie. nine of our 2007 grant recipients had close to $290,000 to undertake needed Mail your check to: • Stained glass windows have been completed work: repairs that will ensure the architectural Membership Services repaired at Valley Presbyterian integrity of their structures,” said Pittsburgh History & • The bell tower at Bellevue United Church in Imperial. Carole Malakoff, program coordinator Landmarks Foundation Presbyterian Church has been repaired. • The brick has been repointed at at Landmarks. 100 W. Station Square Dr., Suite 450 • Some of the opalescent glass windows Zion Christian Church in Carrick. “Generous year-end gifts from our Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1134 at Bethel Presbyterian Church have members, corporations, and private In addition, Landmarks has been restored. The church of 1910 foundations, combined with contribu- provided technical assistance to five If you prefer to pay by credit card, was designed by James and David tions from Landmarks and several of churches: Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. contact: Allison; the brothers formed one of its Named Funds, make it possible Washington; Grandview Presbyterian Mary Lu Denny Pittsburgh’s most prominent architec- for us to continue this valuable program Church, Mt. Washington; Bethlehem 412-471-5808, ext. 527 tural firms at the turn of the 20th of financial and technical assistance,” Lutheran Church, Allentown; Old St. [email protected] century. The windows were created said trustee George Dorman, chair Luke’s, Scott Township; and St. John by Rudy Brothers of Pittsburgh. of the Historic Religious Properties Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mars. Committee. Since 1997, Landmarks has Year-end gifts can also be made by • The brick has been cleaned and awarded more than $580,000 to more visiting: www.phlf.org pointed at Clark Memorial Baptist than 100 churches and synagogues. Church in Homestead. Notes of Thanks “Clearly,” George noted, “Landmarks is Thank You for Giving • The slate roof and gutters have been In his letter of May 31, Arthur M. providing an essential source of assistance repaired at First Trinity Evangelical Brandenburg from Bethel through its Historic Religious Properties to Landmarks. Lutheran Church in Oakland. Presbyterian Church wrote: Program. Our members and all who A copy of the official registration and financial • The roof and gutters have been Phase III, the East View Elevation of contribute can be proud of all that is repaired at Mt. Gilead Church in being accomplished.” information of the Pittsburgh History & our Stained Glass Window Project, Landmarks Foundation may be obtained from the Wilkinsburg. was completed on May 11. …the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll • The roof at Old St. Luke’s Church in results of the work…present absolute free within Pennsylvania 1-800-732-0999. Scott Township has been evaluated beauty in our Sanctuary….We were Registration does not imply endorsement. and missing slates have been replaced. able to complete our restoration to Named Fund Assists Church Thanks to a grant from Landmarks’ Miller and Kim Family Named Fund and nearly $250,000 in pledges from parishioners, Incarnation of the Lord Catholic Parish on the North Side, designed in 1925 by Carlton Strong, has installed a new roof and windows. Reverend John M. Bachkay notes in his letter to Landmarks of June 15: Regarding the windows, it was one of your employees, Tom Keffer, who advised us to stay with a casement design to maintain the architectural integrity of our building. While the cost of these windows was significantly higher, Mr. Keffer’s input on energy efficiency provided enough savings to make up the cost difference and do the job right. ...I thank you...as we work to maintain our physical plant during Opalescent glass windows created by Rudy Brothers of Pittsburgh for Bethel Presbyterian difficult times. Church (above and right) were restored by Renaissance Glassworks of McMurray, Pa. Page 8 PHLF News • December 2007

In Memoriam Landmarks Receives National Louise Boesel (1919–2007) and Local Recognition Louise Marsh Boesel, who died on July 31, was one of our first trustees to literally buy into the concept of Society of desirable place to live. Inherent in restoring inner-city this approach was the then unusual neighborhoods. Architectural commitment to a late 19th- and early An astute real 20th-century legacy of the industrial estate agent and Historians city and its large tracts of working–class creative, strong- Richard Longstreth, distinguished fabric. willed business- historian, teacher, author, and “Subsequently, this effort was broad- woman, she quickly past president of the Society of ened to include African-American neigh- understood how Architectural Historians, presented borhoods, beginning with Manchester, once a prosperous residential enclave of historic preserva- the following remarks at the opening the Gilded Age that was slated for tion could build session of the annual meeting held pride and opportu- wholesale clearance. Working with the in Pittsburgh on April 11, 2007, precedent that Carl Westmoreland had nities for longtime honoring Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., residents. Louise Boesel and established in Cincinnati—itself inspired president of the Pittsburgh History by Landmarks’ first efforts––reclaiming In the spring of Charley Arensberg & Landmarks Foundation. 1966, Louise and Manchester was a pioneering initiative founding trustees Barbara Hoffstot to show how preservation could in fact ittsburgh made two major serve disadvantaged minority house- and Charley Arensberg walked the contributions to the development streets on Pittsburgh’s North Side “P holds as well as other constituencies. of cities in the United States during the “Landmarks’ approach has since been and discussed the need to preserve 20th century. For over a decade after the architectural integrity and charm applied to many other neighborhoods in World War II it was the nation’s leader the city and has become institutionalized of the area. At the time, there was a in demonstrating the “For Sale” sign on 1213 Resaca as an integral part of potential of large-scale municipal planning strat- Place. Since Louise had always renewal efforts. Through Unlike many cities, where wanted to restore an old house, egy to conserve viable the initiative of the preservation is still cast as districts. East Liberty, she seized the Allegheny Conference opportunity an indulgence of the elite, Homewood, and on Community Lawrenceville are among and bought Development, a strong the c.1880s in Pittsburgh it has the places that have ben- public-private partner- efited from this program. Italianate home. ship was formed that become part of the Louise ended Unlike many cities, over time succeeded in heart and soul of the where preservation is up restoring transforming what was seven houses in still cast as an indulgence often cast as being an community. of the elite, in Pittsburgh the Mexican War urban basket case into Streets and one —Richard Longstreth it has become part of the a vibrant metropolis heart and soul of the in Allegheny with a diversified econ- West. For many community. The strategy omy. Today, we might not agree with all has also been successfully applied to a years, she main- the approaches taken, but it is highly Taylor Avenue, Mexican War Streets, 1979 tained those number of other municipalities in unlikely that Pittsburgh would be a city Allegheny County. The Pittsburgh story properties as the Society of Architectural Historians 1213 Resaca rental units, in this regard is one from which much would choose to visit if that renewal can still be learned. League of Women which resulted program had never existed. in quite a few of the tenants leaving “There are many other success stories “The second contribution is less that are part of Arthur Ziegler’s legacy. Voters to become owners and restorers of widely known but no less important. their own homes in the neighborhood. Station Square, for example, was a On October 18, the League of Women For nearly forty years Pittsburgh has pioneering project in the adaptive use Voters of Greater Pittsburgh presented As a result of her work, she became been a model for historic preservation involved in the lives of North Siders of railroad terminals for new purposes; Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. with a Good of a very distinct sort. The accomplish- it ranks as the largest urban redevelop- Government Award for his pioneering and provided scholarships for some ments in that realm have been achieved of the children to summer camps. ment project ever undertaken by a work in historic preservation during by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks non-profit organization in the U.S. four decades with the Pittsburgh History Her pioneering efforts and those of Foundation, an organization led by others working in the neighborhood More recently, Mr. Ziegler and his staff & Landmarks Foundation. He was one Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., who co-founded led a successful effort to change state of five 2007 recipients of the League’s resulted in the founding of the Landmarks in 1964 along with James Mexican War Streets Society and in regulations that were virtually mandat- annual award to selected individuals and Van Trump. Over the years, Landmarks ing that existing, neighborhood schools organizations who “have assumed their the initiation of the annual house and has undertaken many worthwhile tasks garden tour tradition. It’s a tribute be closed in favor of new ones to which civic responsibility and worked within that we associate with a good local students and staff alike had a commute the system to better the relationships to Louise that more than 900 people non-profit in the preservation sphere— attended the 38th annual house by car or bus—an initiative that has between government, citizens, and the undertaking historic resource surveys, sparked a number of similar ones across community.” The award citation at the and garden tour this year and that working to establish a local preservation both the Mexican War Streets and the country. League’s annual banquet noted that ordinance, lobbying to rescue significant “Few local, non-profit preservation Arthur’s “personal impact on the inter- Allegheny West were the Pittsburgh landmarks and districts, and developing neighborhoods showcased in the organizations can come close to match- relationship between government and a diverse public education program, ing Landmarks’ multi-faceted record the private sector in Pittsburgh has been Candlelight Tour during the National among many other activities. Preservation Conference 2006. that has been accruing for nearly a half phenomenal…[particularly] in enabling “But under Mr. Ziegler’s leadership century. Arthur Ziegler’s dedicated, volunteer efforts for preservation at the During her lifetime Louise Boesel Landmarks has done some extraordi- showed how individuals could acquire imaginative, and sophisticated leader- neighborhood level.” nary things as well. Beginning in 1967, ship throughout that period has been a forsaken properties and turn them when much of the cutting-edge preserva- into worthwhile investments and, in remarkable achievement. At our annual tion work focused on rescuing ‘slum’ meeting last year I had the privilege of A sure sign of neighborhood revitalization: the process, jump-start neighborhood areas from destruction and making a summer block party in Wilkinsburg, 2007. revitalization efforts. Her hands-on honoring Lee Adler’s accomplishments them acceptable as places for the middle in Savannah. Arthur Ziegler has been no work helped set our organization on class, or even the well-to-do, Landmarks’ its successful path. less a key figure in the field. He has not work in the Mexican War Streets district only had a profound effect on his city on Pittsburgh’s North Side introduced but has established models that should the concept of stabilizing solid, but serve us nationwide for years to come. threatened neighborhoods for their Arthur, please accept the enthusiastic existing, moderate-income residential appreciation of this society for all that base. The project demonstrated that, you have done.” through a few strategic interventions and by giving people in the neighbor- hood the tools for self-determination, an area that could well have gone down the tubes could enjoy a long future as a PHLF News • December 2007 Page 9

Support Landmarks with a Charitable IRA Rollover Gift Before December 31

1 NOTE: If you are 70 ⁄2 or older, the • Individuals who wish to give more Limitations and Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows than the deductibility ceiling (50% of you to make cash gifts totaling up to Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) ). Restrictions of the $100,000 from your Traditional IRA to • Individuals who are subject to the 2% Pension Protection Landmarks without incurring income rule that reduces their itemized tax on the withdrawal. That’s the good Act of 2006 deductions. news. The bad news is that the oppor- • The individual for whose benefit the tunity will no longer exist after • Individuals whose major assets reside plan is maintained must have attained Our Mission 1 December 31. in their IRAs and who wish to make a the age of 70 ⁄2 or older at the time charitable gift during their lifetime. of the gift. The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation What is the Charitable • Individuals who intend to leave the • Qualified charitable distributions may IRA Rollover Provision? balance of their IRA to charity at not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate (Landmarks) was founded in death anyway. in any taxable year. 1964 by a group of citizens On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed H.R. 4, the Pension Protection As of August 14, 2007, the National • The provision applies to tax years who passionately believed Act of 2006, into law. Among other Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) 2006 and 2007 only. Qualified distrib- that historic preservation, utions must be made by December 31 things, this bill contains a two-year IRA reported that at least 5,423 distributions rather than massive demoli- Charitable Rollover provision that totaling $96.7 million had been received of each year. 1 tion, could be a tool for allows people age 70 ⁄2 or older to by non-profit organizations. Of that • Qualified distributions must be made exclude up to $100,000 from their gross amount, the median distribution was directly to the charity by the plan renewing communities, income in tax years 2006 and 2007 for $5,000; the average distribution was trustee. Contact your plan trustee for creating pride among resi- $17,830; and nearly 11% (585) of all cash gifts made directly to a qualified information on how to initiate a dents, and stimulating the charity such as Landmarks. gifts were $1,000 and eight percent transfer. During this 16-month window, (434) were $100,000. These figures are economy. distributions are permitted from tradi- based on current NCPG gift planner • Qualified charitable distributions may tional IRAs to qualified public charities survey results. More detailed informa- be excluded from gross income for Now recognized as one of and private operating foundations tion may be obtained by contacting federal income tax purposes. However, the nation’s most innovative as described in IRC § 170 (b)(1)(A). Jack Miller, director of gift planning no federal income tax deduction is and effective non-profit at Landmarks; [email protected] or available. Certain states may not While such distributions were previously historic preservation organi- income taxable, they are now exclud- 412-471-5808, ext. 538. exclude gift amounts withdrawn from able from gross income, eliminating the There is no question that if you’ve an IRA for state income tax purposes. zations, Landmarks works to: been considering making a special gift income tax penalty for such charitable • Only outright gifts are eligible. gifts. to support Landmarks, and if you’re at • identify and save histori- 1 Distributions to charitable gift least 70 2 ⁄ by December 31, 2007 and annuities, charitable remainder trusts, cally-significant places; own a Traditional IRA, there’s never Who is most likely pooled income funds and other split- • revitalize historic neigh- been a better time to act. interest arrangements do not qualify to benefit? for special tax treatment. borhoods, towns, and Those who could benefit by making NOTE: This summary was prepared as urban areas; a Charitable IRA Rollover gift to an educational service to our friends • Qualified contributions may be Landmarks before December 31 include: and supporters and is not intended as counted toward the Minimum • preserve historic farms legal or tax advice. Consult your own Required Distribution (MRD) for a and historic-designed • Individuals who take mandatory legal or tax advisor before making any donor’s IRA accounts. minimum withdrawals, but do not decision based on this information. landscapes; and need additional income. • Qualified contributions are not subject to the deductibility ceiling (50% of • educate people about the AGI) or the 2% rule that requires that Pittsburgh region’s rich itemized deductions be reduced by 2% of AGI in excess of $150,500 for tax architectural heritage. year 2006. Landmarks includes a • Gifts from retirement accounts other non-profit subsidiary, than IRAs—such as 401k, 403b, Landmarks Community and SEP accounts—are not eligible. Donors may be able to make qualified Capital Corporation transfers of money from other (LCCC), and a for-profit accounts to their IRA, and then make subsidiary, Landmarks a charitable gift from their IRA. Check with your tax advisor. Development Corporation (LDC). • Distributions to Supporting Organizations as described in IRC Landmarks is chartered 509(a)(3) and Donor Advised Funds to work within the as described in IRC § 4966(d)(2) are specifically excluded, although western portion of the Landmarks Named Funds for general Commonwealth of purposes may be created using IRA Pennsylvania and the charitable rollover gifts provided that the Landmarks Named Fund require- surrounding area within ments are met. 250 miles of Pittsburgh, Pa., • Donors who do not itemize their although its primary focus federal income tax returns may make is on the Pittsburgh area. qualified IRA gifts and exclude such gifts from their reportable income.

Gifts to Landmarks help build our preservation funds so new generations of citizens can enjoy the dramatic spaces and views that many of our historic landmarks provide. Here, a young boy in Angel’s Arms condominiums (see page 16) follows his sister to the window for a view of Pittsburgh. Landmarks made a loan to help start this adaptive-use project. Page 10 PHLF News • December 2007

June 11, 1950: The Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club trip aboard an old Interurban, January 27, 1962: A cable car going up Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Special Car 3712, in Brookside near West Liberty Avenue.

Visiting the Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive: On Track to the Past You’ve made an appointment (see traveled, traveling throughout the various rail stops. Photographs, both If You’re sidebar) to visit the Fairbanks Archive United States, South America, Europe, professionally taken and taken by Frank in Landmarks’ offices. Come to the Africa, and Asia. His collection was himself, abound. Going… fourth floor of The Landmarks Building given to Landmarks in 2002, catalogued, Richard M. Scaife, also a rail buff at Station Square. Enter Suite 400. and opened to patrons in 2006. and trustee of Landmarks, has visited The Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Continue into the inner reception area, “Thanks to Frank Fairbanks,” says the Archive several times. He has gener- Transportation Archive is open keep left past the portrait of Samuel Judith, “keeping on track to the past at ously donated some of his own reference by appointment between Diescher, who designed the Monongahela Landmarks is taking on a new dimen- books and 10 large metal red-and-gold 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on and Duquesne Inclines, and walk past sion.” She adds: depot signs. Names on the signs will the photos of railroad bridges and bring back memories to train riders of Frank’s collection of Official Guides to Wednesdays. To make an Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 50 years ago: “The Pittsburgher” and the Railroads is complete for each year appointment, contact Judith memorabilia on the walls of the short “Sewickley, Ambridge Rochester Beaver from 1900 to 1976, with a few earlier corridor and through the open door. Falls” are two of them. Harvey, librarian: fairbanks and later editions. There are 68 different You have arrived at your destination–– “After your first visit to the Frank B. railroad publications indexed by year, [email protected]; or and now you’ll want to spend some Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive,” 44 years of the Canadian Rail and 62 412-471-5808, ext. 542. time exploring an archive containing says Judith, “you’ll want to plan a years of Trains. Some of the magazines over 4,000 items listed in an in-house return trip soon.” and newsletters are unique and few in One of two libraries housed computer database. number, but a reader of rail literature in the offices of the Pittsburgh Librarian Judith Harvey will guide will have a wonderful afternoon of read- Digital Images Accessible on you into a fascinating and diverse rail- History & Landmarks ing pleasure. One of the most significant road-related collection assembled by Historic Pittsburgh Website Foundation, the Archive books in the collection is The Rocky one man over some 50 years: art work, Digital images of 180 Pittsburgh-related Mountain Railroad Album, Steam is open free to members; photographs and slides, post cards, rail slides taken by Frank Fairbanks are and Steel Across the Great Divide, artifacts (e.g., signage, tools), time accessible on the Historic Pittsburgh non-members are charged by William Henry Jackson. tables, railroad mileage records and Website http://digital.library.pitt.edu $10.00 for three visits. travel notebooks, memorabilia (e.g., One section of the Archive is devoted /Pittsburgh; to access the collection ticket stubs, playing cards), advertise- to the collection of hundreds of passen- directly go to http://images.library.pitt. Background: Taken from a ments, pamphlets, brochures, magazines, ger and employee timetables. Most start edu/f/fairbanks. Pennsylvania R.R. System Central books, etc. Although the collection in the 1940s, but there are a fair number Region Map, Industrial Map of the contains a great deal of information from the 1930s and on back into the Pittsburgh District, August 1924, on Western Pennsylvania railroads, 1800s. In addition, there are four file No. 9575, Office of Chief Engineer. its scope is international. cabinets of loose paper materials (alpha- Frank B. Fairbanks, Jr. (1930–2005), betically by railroads and rail trips). a mechanical engineer and trustee of Thirty notebooks have been compiled, Landmarks, loved to travel by train and including details of the rail mileage trolley. He recorded his mileage of rails accumulated and distances between “Pittsburgh Promotes Progress,” by Grif Teller, 1954. PHLF News • December 2007 Page 11

Christmas at Stoops Ferry, painted by Howard Fogg and originally named “Christmas Mail, 1907.” This image was used as a Christmas card by John Barriger, President, P&LE. The train is headed toward Youngstown.

Impressed with Our Collections The offices of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, located on the fourth floor of The Landmarks Building at Station Square, include two libraries: the Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive and the James D. Van Trump Library, named to honor the work of Landmarks’ co-founder and first architec- tural historian, James D. Van Trump (1908–1995), whose professional library forms the core of the collection. Jamie’s successor, Walter C. Kidney (1932–2005), added some 4,000 volumes to the library. This summer, University of Pittsburgh Archivist Kate Colligan and Librarian Charles Aston toured Landmarks’ offices and libraries with Al Tannler, historical collections director. Following their visit, they were in touch with Al via e-mail:

Your review of the nature and history of your library and archival holdings (including the important Walter Kidney and Jamie Van Trump library contribu- tions) really filled in the picture that I had held of your operation. Your work, and that of your colleagues, is clearly extremely interesting, of great historical import for the region,––and, best of all, Above left: Ad on a 1916 it appears to be lots of “fun”—the best of Pittsburgh map, published all worlds… by R. L. Polk & Co. ––Charles Aston, Head, Special Collections Above right: Floating the main span truss of the P&LE RR Bridge at Homestead into Thank you again for taking the time to position on July 12, 1964. provide a tour of the PHLF. You and Walter Kidney have consulted and added Left: Point Bridge: Scientific American, to our collections over the years, and it was September 11, 1880. wonderful to see the PHLF library where your research work and Walter’s began. Below: Engineering drawing. We were fortunate to have a glimpse of the Pittsburgh Railways Co. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Collection Interurban Car Series which received a good deal of care and 3700–3714. Built by J. G. Brill Co., 1917. cataloging by the staff. Charlie and I Issued by Pittsburgh Electric enjoyed it very much and it was great to Railway Club, June 1950. meet the staff and see the fantastic space you share. ––Kate Colligan, Archivist, Archives of Industrial Society

The James D. Van Trump Library is open by appointment between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. For an appointment to use the Library or for information about its holdings, contact Albert Tannler: [email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 515. The library is free to members; non-members are charged a $10 use fee. Page 12 PHLF News • December 2007

Community Support

We are very excited to be work- ing with PHLF on our down- town revitalization. This program has created a lot of excitement around town. We feel it will be a big boost for all of Tarentum—businesses and residents, alike. —Bill Rossey, Borough Manager Tarentum Borough

We’re all excited about this Main Street program and feel privileged to be a part of it. There is a real energy and momentum in downtown East Sixth Avenue, between Wood and Lock Streets, Tarentum. Photo by B. Glenn Lewis © 2007/glennlewisimages.com Elizabeth right now. People are talking about this program. It’s our job to work with PHLF Landmarks Assists Four Counties and the County to sustain this momentum. —John Yacura, Mayor with Revitalization Efforts Elizabeth Borough with the Allegheny County Department and TCA. “Instead of hiring a single Beginning a Main of Economic Development and has Main Street manager to work in a Street Pilot Project selected Town Center Associates (TCA) particular borough, and then repeating After many years of working of Beaver County to serve as sub-consul- that process throughout the county,” with Allegheny tant. TCA is responsible for: communi- said Ethan Raup, manager of commu- on establishing a Main Street cations with local officials and property nity revitalization programs for program, Swissvale Borough is County and business owners; development of a Landmarks, “the Allegheny Together excited about the opportunity Allegheny County has selected our orga- website and a newsletter; and demo- program advocates hiring one experi- nization as its primary consultant to graphic research. enced organization with multiple provided by the Allegheny start a Main Street pilot project called Landmarks will coordinate the on- resources and skills that can operate on Together Program and the “Allegheny Together.” The County has going development and implementation a regional basis, thus serving several selected Tarentum, Elizabeth, and of the Allegheny Together program. boroughs simultaneously.” selection of Pittsburgh History Swissvale boroughs and Stowe Township “We are aware that the program must Landmarks is fielding a team of staff & Landmarks Foundation. to participate in the first year of the be flexible in its ability to expand and members with a variety of experience The Borough is looking program. Allegheny County Chief contract services as required by current that will be useful for a comprehensive Executive Dan Onorato officially and future funding circumstances and/or program including market research, forward to working with such announced the program on September opportunities,” said Eugene Matta, financial analysis, design, graphics, an outstanding organization. 11, in Swissvale. He stated: “Allegheny director of real estate and special devel- planned giving, construction, real estate Together is an exciting new program opment programs for Landmarks. development, and education. —Warren Cecconi, Borough Manager that will encourage well-planned, well- Landmarks will analyze the historic Swissvale Borough designed, and geographically-focused buildings, prepare recommendations for investment in the established urban A New Main Street Strategy restoration, conduct market research, commercial districts of Allegheny Allegheny Together represents a new develop a real-estate strategy for County.” strategy in Main Street management, improving retail offerings, and assist the We have been working for a Landmarks is working in conjunction long advocated by both Landmarks County with major façade grant and long time to bring a Main Street program to Broadway in Stowe Township. We are so Second Avenue, near Plum Street, Elizabeth. thankful that it has worked Photo by B. Glenn Lewis © 2007/glennlewisimages.com out and are hopeful that this cooperative effort with PHLF and Allegheny County will produce positive changes for our downtown. This is a god- send and we will do everything possible to work with PHLF to maximize these opportunities. —Howard Duerr, Jr., Commissioner Stowe Township PHLF News • December 2007 Page 13

Noble and Washington Streets, Swissvale. Photo by B. Glenn Lewis © 2007/glennlewisimages.com Broadway and Valley Streets, Stowe. Photo by B. Glenn Lewis © 2007/glennlewisimages.com

low-interest loan programs––all in an Thirty-five members and friends of effort to help revitalize Main Street Landmarks traveled to Vandergrift on communities. October 13; they were welcomed by Funding is coming from the County the VIP and members of the Victorian and private foundations. For more Vandergrift Museum & Historical information on the Allegheny Together Society, who led a tour of the commu- program, contact the project manager, nity and main street. Eugene Matta: [email protected]; 412- Landmarks and the VIP are working 471-5808, ext. 519. to develop a corps of volunteers to carry out the Main Street program on a long- term basis––and about 120 Kiski Area High School students have expressed Consulting on Beaver interest in helping. The Pennsylvania County Elm-Street Department of Community and Economic Development, which has Initiative funded the Main Street work in Vandergrift in 2006 and 2007, requires Landmarks also has been awarded a that a local organization be trained contract as the lead consultant for to develop the skills needed to manage the Elm Street Initiative Consulting the Main Street program by the time Services of the Community Development Landmarks’ commitment ends. Program of Beaver County, with primary responsibility for design and project sup- port. Town Center Associates (TCA), After the October 13 tour to Vandergrift, Main Street Coordinator Shaun Yurcaba said, our sub-consultant, has primary respon- “It was a pleasure being part of this and sharing Vandergrift with so many people. Launching Main sibility for organizational support. A lot of work goes into these tours and it’s absolutely wonderful for the community.” Under this program, Landmarks is Street Program in providing professional and technical June 2006, is working with property Armstrong County support for an Elm Street Initiative in Building Momentum owners to develop façade restoration the communities of Aliquippa, Ambridge, with “VIP” in plans for a variety of main street build- On March 23, National City Bank Beaver, Bridgewater, Freedom, Midland, ings. The VIP is working with several awarded Landmarks a “seed grant” in Monaca, New Brighton, and Rochester. Westmoreland Pittsburgh-based groups, including the the amount of $7,500 to help Freeport, The goal of the Elm Street program is to Mascaro Sustainability Initiative out of Leechburg, and Apollo launch a improve residential districts adjacent to County the University of Pittsburgh and regional Main Street program. main streets. Landmarks is pleased to announce a Sustainable Pittsburgh, to create a more State Senator Jim Ferlo has been key Each of the nine Beaver County com- major grant of $300,000 from the sustainable and “green” community. to the start-up of both the Vandergrift munities will select one Elm-Street pro- Allegheny Foundation, a Richard M. Special events this year in Vandergrift and the Freeport Leechburg Apollo ject for funding consideration by the Scaife family foundation, to start a included a Farmers’ Market, initiated in Group (FLAG) programs. Senator Ferlo Pennsylvania Department of Community revolving fund for Vandergrift for the 2003 and facilitated by the VIP with noted, “PHLF has a wide spectrum of and Economic Development (DCED) acquisition and restoration of key prop- numerous volunteers from the commu- institutional resources to generate the under its Residential Revitalization erties. The town, located in the north- nity, and a successful Fine Arts Festival revitalization we aim to achieve.” Program. Up to $250,000 per project eastern section of Westmoreland in June, attracting hundreds of people to We thank Senator Ferlo, County can be awarded and a 10% match is County, was founded in 1895 by Irish the main street area and shops. Close to officials, and the DCED for their required. Projects eligible for funding immigrant and steel entrepreneur 200 students from 11 middle schools continuing support. under the program include infrastruc- George McMurtry and laid out by the and 10 high schools in Westmoreland ture improvements, code violation firm of Frederick Law Olmsted. County toured Vandergrift on repairs, home security items, parks and The Vandergrift Improvement September 26 and 27 as part of playgrounds, water and sewer connec- Program (VIP), a local community Landmarks’ 12th Annual Architectural tion fees, governance issues, volunteer organization of concerned citizens, has Design Challenge. Students are working development, and building partnerships. already acquired its first building at 143 with team members to construct models Landmarks will work with each com- Grant Avenue. Landmarks and the VIP showing how 134 Grant Avenue can be munity to prepare and submit a project are working to restore and rehabilitate renovated and reused as a community proposal to the DCED and will manage the three-story commercial and residen- arts center. They will present their the projects that are funded. tial structure. models to a jury of architects—and to For further information, contact Shaun Yurcaba, Landmarks’ main interested Vandergrift citizens—on Eugene Matta, the project manager: street coordinator for Vandergrift since February 26 and 27, 2008. [email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 519. Page 14 PHLF News • December 2007

PPS After-School Enrichment

Students from six Pittsburgh Public Schools––Greenfield, Lincoln, Manchester, The Grand Finale on May 22, with bridge models constructed by fifth-grade students from Miller, Roosevelt, and Sunnyside––are exploring their school and downtown Beechwood Elementary School. Art projects also included paintings of North Side landmarks, Pittsburgh with Landmarks during two after-school enrichment sessions. models of downtown Pittsburgh through the years, and pop-up buildings. Activities include creating a poster of their school to sum up the architectural facts and details they discover during a tour, and creating four posters showing eight downtown landmarks as a preview to their city tour. “The students are EITC Program: amazed to discover that their school is a significant place,” said Landmarks docent Gabe Funaro, “and they take great pride in Pittsburgh when they see Building Pride/Building Character the grandeur of the City-County Building, Allegheny County Courthouse, and William Penn Hotel, among other places.” The first school year of • “I say ‘thanks’ to the spon- Landmarks’ “Building sors of this program. You Pride/Building Character” have filled a void in the stu- Students from Pittsburgh Miller during educational program dents’ lives; you have an after-school enrichment program with reached a grand conclu- enriched their lives.” Landmarks on October 22. sion on May 22 when Landmarks offers this students from Beechwood “Innovative Education Elementary School, Program” through the Commonwealth Dilworth Traditional Academy, and of Pennsylvania’s Educational Northview Accelerated Learning Improvement Tax Credit Program. The Academy gathered to present their work standards-based program, “Building and show what they had learned. Dave Pride/Building Character,” gives stu- Crawley from KDKA TV was on hand dents the opportunity to see the “char- to capture the excitement of Pittsburgh acter” in their school, neighborhood, Public School students, teachers, and and city through a series of field trips administrators. and activities––and to feel the pride that In evaluations for the “Building comes from being an active citizen. Pride/Building Character” program, Landmarks will be offering the teachers wrote: “Building Pride/Building Character” • “The Building Pride/Building program to more Pittsburgh Public Character” program has helped me as Schools in 2008, thanks to contributions a teacher because it enabled me to received this Fall from: take my students into Pittsburgh to explore our wonderful city.” • Ellwood Group, Inc. • “This program is excellent! My • PNC Bank students got a chance to see things they’ve only heard discussed in history • Allegheny Technologies Incorporated books. I think they now have a better • Equitable Energy, a division of sense of their place in the world.” Equitable Resources • “I would like to say ‘thank-you’ for • Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company enabling my third-grade class to make a connection with a hands-on • Bridges & Company, Inc. approach to learning. They are build- ing pride and character through these exciting activities.”

The Grand Finale on May 22 at Dilworth Traditional Academy. PHLF News • December 2007 Page 15

Thanks to The Grable Foundation Each Day Brings Results Thanks to an active corps of volunteer docents, our For the past three years The Grable standing of and appreciation for the education staff is able to serve about 7,000 children Foundation has generously supported urban environment. The Foundation’s and 4,000 adults each year through tours, special our educational programs that help three-year grant commitment will end programs, and presentations. Here are some stats for students and teachers develop an under- on December 31, so it is appropriate for 2007: we presented 30 illustrated lectures to various us to note that their support has enabled groups; organized and led 129 school tours, 70 us to involve 5,600 students and teach- public tours (most of them were free) and 59 private ers in 2005 and 7,300 students and group tours; offered 12 teacher inservices; created teachers in 2006 in field trips, school 12 special educational programs (including our artifact kits, exhibits, programs, educational workshops, and architectural design challenges and Architecture Apprenticeship); and architectural design challenges. Our published a variety of tour brochures and booklets, including the programs are designed to strengthen Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Walking Tour, by Albert Tannler. academic and teamwork skills and help We facilitated a grant for author Lisa A. Miles, who self-published people feel part of—and involved in— Resurrecting Allegheny City: The Land, Structures & People of their community and city. Pittsburgh’s North Side, released in November. The three-year grant has also given Through it all, we receive lots of positive feedback. Here are a few us the resources to create a new website comments from recent participants: based on our popular “Downtown Dragons” tour and new programs in The tour guide was so knowledgeable about the buildings and the Fourth cooperation with the Children’s Avenue history. It really gave me a different perspective....I used to work Museum of Pittsburgh, the Saturday at the Union National Bank building and was so glad we were able to go Light Brigade, Carnegie Museum of Art, into the lobby and see the progress on the condominium project. There Silver Eye Center for Photography, and were many buildings I had never been in, in the six years I worked down- Architecture Explorations program at town. There are really some hidden gems on Fourth Avenue. Thank you Carnegie Mellon University’s School for offering this free tour. of Architecture. ––Michelle Judt, August 21 Our program attendance has steadily grown during the past three years––and so has the reputation of our education Today I received your generous package of learning/teaching aids. What department. Support from The Grable your organization has done in the spirit of teaching children is so inspira- Foundation has made this possible. tional! Thank you for your willingness to share your resources and ideas. ––Jeannette Ambrose (Michigan), September 18

The resources that are available at PHLF for teachers are astounding. $15,000 Grant Supports Education ––“Exploring Your City” teacher, October 17 As a result of the resources which you have provided, each of my first- The Alfred M. Oppenheimer Memorial “The grant we received this year from through fifth-grade students is genuinely interested in architecture and Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation the Oppenheimer Memorial Fund will local history. During their Downtown Dragons walking tour today, I awarded a $15,000 grant to Landmarks allow us to stay in touch with those overheard several of my students say: “If we ever hear that this building is in May, in support of its educational young Pittsburghers and involve them in going to be torn down, we will not let that happen.” In our classroom, programs for school students and adults our local tours from time to time,” said my students are creating their own Architectural Resource Books and and efforts to involve young people as Louise Sturgess, executive director of holiday ornaments based on the building details they observed down- docents. Landmarks. “It will also help under- town. Thank you for taking the time to form a partnership with Moon This grant builds on a previous grant write some of our educational programs Area School District and our community. from the Oppenheimer Memorial Fund with the Pittsburgh Public Schools and ––Sharon Rusnak-Gaitens, October 25 to Landmarks in 2006, in support of the help us better promote the free walking National Preservation Conference (see tours that we offer to the public in PHLF News, October 2006). That downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland,” Just wanted to tell you that [my daughter] and I had a fantastic time grant, in part, enabled 20 young adults she added. We thank Chuck Half, a yesterday on the Challenge field trip. We learned more about Pittsburgh with differing social, racial, and eco- trustee of Landmarks and of the and Architecture in one day on the [Downtown Dragons] tour than I nomic backgrounds to participate in the Oppenheimer Memorial Fund, and The have known in my lifetime....All the kids in our group were impressed preservation conference as Field Session Pittsburgh Foundation for this most and excited by the tour. I have been on many of the school fieldtrips Assistants. welcome source of support. before, and I have to say Great Job on scheduling this one! ––Joni Perilli, October 26

Brashear Family and Landmarks Welcome Landmarks’ 2007 scholarship recipients Four More Scholarship Recipients are at left, in front: Paul Steidl, Caroline During a luncheon on June 12, Mack, Jacob Beatty, Landmarks trustee David Brashear and I’m grateful to be part of an organi- and Breanna Smith. his 12-year-old daughter Blake joined zation that not only is committed They are with five committee members, staff, and former to restoration and beautification of former scholarship scholarship recipients in welcoming four historic places, but also reaches out winners: Bennett new scholarship winners: to students––like me––in need. I Smith, Lauren Merski, look forward to continuing my edu- Colin Simmer, Todd • Jacob W. Beatty, a North Allegheny cation at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Wilson, and Nicole Senior High School graduate, is staying in touch with PHLF. Hagan. attending Carnegie Mellon University to study engineering; ––Paul Steidl • Caroline L. Mack, a Schenley High School graduate, is attending Drexel Since the inception of the scholarship realize the impact of our educational Allegheny County; be high school University to study civil engineering; program in 1999, the Brashear Family programs,” said Kathy Testoni, a schol- seniors; have a cumulative Quality Point Named Fund at Landmarks and several arship committee member and docent of Average at the end of the first semester • Breanna M. Smith, a Penn Hills Senior Landmarks, “since many of the appli- senior year of 3.25 or greater; and be High School graduate, is attending trustees have committed $100,000 to fund a total of 25 scholarships. “The cants describe how their impressions of accepted to a college or university. A Washington & Jefferson College to the city and region have changed as a total of $4,000 for books and tuition is study English; and scholarship program gives us the chance to connect with at least 40 top students result of touring with us.” awarded to each recipient; $1,000 is • Paul J. Steidl, a Taylor Allderdice each year who genuinely love Pittsburgh The scholarship program is offered awarded in each of four years as long as High School graduate, is attending the and understand the value of historic each year. Completed applications are certain standards are maintained. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to preservation,” said David. due in mid-April (visit www.phlf.org for study architecture and urban planning. “The program is also helping us an application). Applicants must live in Page 16 PHLF News • December 2007

PRESERVATION SCENE: Around Allegheny County during the 1936 flood. Rickjohn Roofing Highland Park Listed on replaced the cedar shakes and the roof decking, dating to the early 1800s, that had National Register deteriorated. The complete removal of the On August 30, the Highland Park shakes and decking revealed the original Residential Historic District became the roof structure of the Block House, now city’s fifteenth district to be listed on the partially visible to visitors. National Register of Historic Places. The district is roughly bounded by Highland Park, Heth’s Run, Heth’s Avenue, Chislett Street, Stanton Avenue, and Jackson Street. The Highland Park Community Development Corporation (HPCDC) submitted the nomination. Official listing in the National Register Model Unit Opens in brings a number of advantages and, unlike Angel’s Arms Lofts a locally-legislated historic designation, Twenty-three residential loft condominium does not impose any restrictions on prop- units and three office/studio units now fill erty owners who use private funds to work the space of what was once St. Michael’s on their properties. The federal designation Church (1861) and Rectory (1889) on Pius offers considerable protection of the district Street on the South Side Slopes: 19 units are against destructive projects in which federal Cathedral of Learning (Charles Z. Klauder, in the church and 7 are in the rectory. Some or state money is used and allows owners 1926–37) Andrew Carnegie Free of the units are still under construction, but of historic income-producing properties ten are available for sale in the church and Library Announces (such as commercial, industrial, or rental) one is available in the rectory. Units vary in Three Landmarks Cleaned Challenge Grant and to take an income tax credit of up to 20% price from $259,000 for a 1,300 square-foot Decades of soot have been washed off the of the costs of renovation, if they meet the Renovation Progress unit to $627,000 for a 2,200 square-foot Cathedral of Learning façade in Oakland tax rules and preservation standards. Maggie Forbes, executive director of the unit; all offer spectacular views of the city. and more than a century of soot has been National Register properties are also Andrew Carnegie Free Library, announced To tour the model unit contact: Coldwell washed off Eastminster Presbyterian eligible for preservation easements, which on November 15 an anonymous founda- Banker Real Estate (412-363-4000). Church in East Liberty. By early November, can bring private developers significant tion’s second conditional $500,000 grant to Developer Tom Tripoli has preserved the cleaning of Trinity Cathedral in down- financial gains through the tax code. the campaign to restore the Library and the exterior of the church and rectory and town Pittsburgh was nearly complete, with The designation will help spur investment Music Hall. “Our first challenge grant has transformed the interior into dramatic 126 years of grime washed away. The bur- in the Bryant Street commercial district, leveraged our first $4 million,” said living spaces that retain the original mosaic ial ground at Trinity is also being restored, and will give homeowners added incentive Maggie, “and this challenge grant requires and terrazzo floors, marble steps, decora- and work there will finish by Spring 2009. to continue maintaining the architectural us to raise $1 million more in private tive columns, ornamental plasterwork, integrity of their homes and promoting the money by December 2008.” arched windows, and vaulted domed historic character of their neighborhood. Restoration work began in September to ceilings of the historic landmark. restore the Music Hall entryway and lobby, In 2001, our organization advanced a thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Chatham Village: One of $50,000 loan to Tripoli & Associates to Historical and Museum Commission. The 10 Great American help launch the first phase of this adaptive- Design Alliance, project architect, is restor- use project, and this timely loan was greatly ing water-damaged plaster, egg-and-dart Neighborhoods appreciated. molding, and dentil-trim. The architectural The American Planning Association (APA) features are being highlighted through announced on October 2 that the Chatham decorative painting and lighting schemes. Village neighborhood on Mt. Washington A box office is being installed in the back of had been designated as one of 10 Great the theater and a concession stand is being Neighborhoods for 2007 through APA’s installed next to the lobby. As a result, the Great Places in America program. The APA front lobby will be more open, and the new selected Chatham Village for its outstand- Above: Eastminster Church (William S. exterior glass-paneled doors will offer ing and long-lasting architecture and Fraser, 1893). Photo by Colin Hines passers-by a glimpse of the elegance and design; sustainability and care for the envi- Below: Trinity Cathedral (Gordon W. Lloyd, activity within. ronment; and its livability and desirability. 1870–71), shown in October, with scaffold- The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Chatham Village was completed in 1935 ing erected for cleaning and lighting crews. Music Hall at 300 Beechwood Avenue in by the Buhl Foundation of Pittsburgh and Carnegie was designed in 1899 by Struthers renowned planners Clarence Stein and & Hannah, and is the only library permit- Henry Wright. It was designated a National ted to use the donor’s full name. Historic Landmark––the nation’s highest South Side Police Station designation––in 2005, and Landmarks co- sponsored a 75th anniversary lecture about Demolished Fund Raising Continues for Chatham Village this year on April 19. No. 7 Police and Patrol Station at 1305 Dormont Pool Sarah Street and 93 S. 13th Street was Since 2006, Dormont Borough has raised demolished in September. The T-shaped more than $650,000 in grant money to help brick building with Classical detailing was renovate the Art Deco bathhouse and pool, designed c. 1900 by Charles Bickel which opened in 1920. The pool is said to (1852–1921). Born in Ohio and trained in be the largest public pool in Pennsylvania, Germany, Bickel established his Pittsburgh with about one and a half million gallons of firm in 1885. His extant buildings include: water. the 1889-90 German National Bank The facility almost closed in 2006 building on Wood Street (now the Granite because of leaks in the pool and structural Building: see page 3); the 1891 Ewart problems with the bathhouse. A non-profit Building at 925 Liberty Avenue, and the group, Friends of Dormont Pool (FODP), Terminal Buildings (now Riverwalk was formed in 2006 and has raised close to Corporate Center) at East Carson Street $60,000 to date. Funds have been used to and Terminal Way on the South Side. plug leaks in the pool, stabilize the pump Children’s Museum The entire west façade of Bickel’s room, seal cracks, and repair pipes. Wins Gold imposing South Side Police Station was Contributions also include grants from The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh was ornamented with fret bands (see detail New Roof on Fort Pitt Allegheny County ($75,000), the State awarded the 2007 Rudy Bruner Gold photo). The building was vacant for years Block House Department of Conservation and Natural Medal Award for Urban Design Excellence and attempts to renovate the structure had Resources ($250,000), Senator Wayne started and stopped several times, creating Rickjohn Roofing, Inc. donated all material during a ceremony on July 20. Chosen from Fontana ($135,000), the Snee-Reinhardt a situation where the building was unstable. and labor so a new roof could be installed nearly 100 entries nationwide, the museum Charitable Foundation ($25,000), and The in June on the 243-year-old Block House, was selected based on a number of criteria, Pittsburgh Foundation ($2,000). the only remaining structure of Fort Pitt including the creative blending of historic Landmarks awarded a Historic and the oldest landmark in the City of preservation and innovative architecture, Landmark Plaque to Dormont Pool in Pittsburgh. The Fort Pitt Society of the and a unique collaboration among local 2002 and leads second-grade students from Daughters of the American Revolution, agencies and organizations in its 2004 Dormont Elementary School on annual Pittsburgh Chapter, has owned and admin- expansion (see PHLF News, January 2005). walking tours, in cooperation with the istered the Block House as a historic land- Landmarks has worked closely with the Dormont Historical Society. Many of the mark since 1894. Children’s Museum since its founding and students talk about the need to save the The new roof is the third to be applied to through its successful expansion, and was pool and mention how they are involved the Block House by the DAR. The DAR honored to speak on its behalf during the in supporting the fundraising cause. installed cedar shakes in 1894 and again in review process. 1948 after the Block House was damaged PHLF News • December 2007 Page 17

Reflections on Physical Changes to the Main Carnegie Library Albert M. Tannler

In the March 2004 issue of PHLF the south spheres on the bridge has building “one News, Charles L. Rosenblum wrote failed, because the process is irreversible.) of the great “Tradition or Technology: The Carnegie Previously, patrons entered the spacious Pittsburgh land- Library of Pittsburgh Tries Varying lobby unimpeded. On either side, stair- marks and worthy Renovation Strategies” (pages 16–17) in ways led to the second floor; beyond the of preservation.” which he assessed completed physical right-hand stairway was the elevator. The Carnegie changes to the Homewood Branch of Directly ahead one saw the circulation Library was the Carnegie Library and changes to the desk and beyond it the reference depart- established a year first floor of the main library in Oakland ment. The 1904–07 expansion plan of earlier than the that were being proposed. According to Pittsburgh architects Alden & Harlow Carnegie Institute, (1862–1946), who worked on the Charles’ article, “A wholesale [library] provided visitors with immediate clarity as R. Jay Gangewere documents in Boston Public Library and the Library reorganization underlies this of purpose and movement. Both have “The Origins of the Carnegie,” Carnegie of Congress, and was once lined with work….The real test will come with the been obstructed by the remodeling. Magazine (November/December 1992). elegant display cases; it is now some- ongoing use of the renovated library.” Small glass and metal boxes are the Margaret Henderson Floyd notes in what diminished by a plethora of In a sidebar to Charles’ article, chief elements in an intrusive security “Longfellow, Alden & Harlow’s first utilitarian gray metal shelving units. Landmarks noted: “We have not been system, and demean both the 20th-cen- Carnegie Library and Institute It is because of the historical able to fully evaluate how the renova- tury glass box and the American (1891–1895),” Carnegie Magazine significance of the Carnegie Library as tion plan will affect the building perma- Renaissance vista. Their immediate (January/February 1993), that “the an architectural landmark––both inside nently, and will share our thoughts in a result was to cause many patrons to trip library was the central focus of Andrew and out––that we are critical of the forthcoming issue of PHLF News.” and fall as they entered the building Carnegie’s building program.” recent changes. Listed on the National The time has come to comment on the (surely a first since 1907). To solve the The library benefited from the Register of Historic Places, within a City physical changes, since the $2.8 million problem the outer glass box doors have 1904–07 expansion, not only retaining Historic District, designated a “Historic first-floor remodeling of the Oakland been frosted and “drawbridges” have its initial space, but acquiring areas pre- Landmark” by our organization, and library was completed more than a been jerry rigged to create an entrance viously occupied by the museums of art the subject of continuing architectural year ago. ramp; they are folded up to allow the and natural history. Professor Floyd, research and interpretation, this is one main doors to who wrote and published Architecture of Pittsburgh’s great places. The build- close—something after Richardson: Regionalism before ing itself, as a work of architecture, they hitherto did as Modernism—Longfellow, Alden, and has inspired people for generations. As a matter of course. Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh Walter C. Kidney notes in Beyond the Patrons were (1994) in association with Landmarks, Surface: Architecture and Being Alive: further disoriented, described the major changes to the at first, by a large library entrance and lobby: “A colon- …some time before age ten, I was metallic wall placed nade was added above the entrance to on a neighbor’s porch and noticed the before two of the the original library facing Schenley Park, Roman Ionic capitals on the posts. three interior lobby to align it with the new two-story I suspected then that there was such a arches that blocked Forbes Avenue entrance pavilions, and thing as architecture, and when I was the original axis. the inside was modified with a new pair taken to the Carnegie Library of The wall’s purpose of two-story grand staircases that rose Pittsburgh for the first time, I knew that was to support a behind the façade above instead of into there was such a thing as architecture. minuscule map of the reference room at the rear.” That The round arches, the pilasters and the building and to second-floor reference reading room— keystones, the bronze masks and fish- force patrons to Van Trump called it “one of the hand- scale patterns over the doors, the walk diagonally somest rooms in the whole building” orderly rhythm of piers and vaults through the new coffee/food/gift shop in An American Palace of Culture inside, all spoke of a rational, lavish, The recently remodeled first-floor reading benign world, calm though with room room. Photo by B. Glenn Lewis /glennlewisimages.com toward the relocated elevator. (The (1970)—was restored some years ago wall—an expensive miscalculation—has by a previous library administration. It for fantasy in its manner of existence. been pulled back.) Patrons still must retains its intended purpose and charac- The Intention and dodge tables and chairs as they make ter. The hallway is adorned with portrait their way across discolored orange medallions by Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey First Changes linoleum to the single available elevator The renovation project was initiated by (which, on my last two visits, separated Photo by Jim Judkis Herbert Elish, library director from by two weeks, was out-of-service). 1998 to 2005. The removal of the great The circulation desk is now to the oak door to the director’s first-floor immediate right of the right-hand office and the installation of a hallway entrance stair. The former circulation lined with trophy cases prior to 2004 area is filled with free-standing book was the first indication that alterations displays typical of large bookstores in were pending. The intention of the suburban malls and the columns, archi- remodeling, as stated on page 17 of tectural detailing, and walls are painted Charles’ article, was “to make the white for the most part. The suburban- library more user-friendly. ‘People find mall ambiance is reinforced by overly the library very intimidating,’ says Elish. bright light and tangential electric signage. ‘When people come in they need to see Sections of an earlier ceiling decoration easily where to go and be carried and floor tile have been revealed in the through the spaces.’” lobby as a welcome clue to past grandeur, but their fragmentary exposure in this The Results context seems contrived. The changes are first apparent as a visitor approaches the library entrance. Prior to the remodeling one noticed that Historical Significance the great bronze library doors retained The Carnegie Library and Institute, their patina, the only ones to have sur- as it was initially known, was designed vived the embalming process applied to in 1891 by Longfellow, Alden & the other exterior metal work at The Harlow—a firm with close ties to Carnegie. Now the doors—and the H. H. Richardson—and completed in torchieres on the interior staircase—are 1895. It was tripled in size in a 1904–07 eerily black with gold highlights. (The expansion designed by the successor Editor’s Note: Landmarks President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. is working with the new south bronze armillary spheres on the firm, Alden & Harlow. Forty years ago library administration in regard to possible reuses for the Allegheny Regional Branch Sixteenth Street Bridge were treated in a in Landmark Architecture of Allegheny Library and renovations for other branch libraries. We appreciate the willingness similar manner; the north spheres retain County Pennsylvania (1967), James D. of Dr. Barbara K. Mistick, President and Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, their patina. A recent attempt to restore Van Trump declared The Carnegie to work with us. Page 18 PHLF News • December 2007

First Presbyterian Church, Edgewood, at 120 East Swissvale Avenue.

First Presbyterian Designed in 1915–16 by architect Thomas Hannah (Pittsburgh) and consulting architects Church, Edgewood Cram & Ferguson (Boston), the church was completed in 1918. Photos above by Colin Hines Albert M. Tannler

alph Adams Cram (1863–1942), better architecture than any other bodies R who shaped Modern American of Christians.” Gothic architecture and was arguably Cram’s earliest Presbyterian churches, this country’s preeminent church archi- designed in the Boston office of Cram, tect, observed in 1914 in the second edi- Goodhue & Ferguson, were First tion of Church Building: “it is safe to Presbyterian, Cleveland (1907–09); say that, within the past five years, prac- Fourth Presbyterian, Chicago (1911–14), tically all the church work has been in association with Chicago architect Gothic both by intention and Howard Van Doren Shaw; and House effect….That the Episcopal Church of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, should build such structures as St. St. Paul, Minnesota (1912–14). Cram’s Thomas’, New York, or Calvary, previously identified Presbyterian Pittsburgh, was to be expected…but it churches in Western Pennsylvania are was perhaps hardly to be foreseen that First Presbyterian, Greensburg the Baptists would have taken kindly (1913–19) and East Liberty Presbyterian, and instinctively to their Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (1930–35), both designed by Cram & Ferguson, Cram’s firm after church, or that the Presbyterians would Detail of pulpit designed by Cram & Ferguson and carved by William F. Ross & Co., Boston. have eagerly welcomed their new struc- Bertram Goodhue left the partnership, tures in Chicago, Cleveland, and St. December 31, 1913. Paul.” In the third edition, published a Recently I read a 1961 letter from Charles J. Connick Associates in I turned to Ann Minor Daniel’s “Checklist of decade later in 1924, Cram noted: “the Boston that included photos of hitherto overlooked Connick stained glass Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ralph Adams Presbyterians…seem to be building more windows at “First Presbyterian Church, Edgewood.” A visit to the church Cram”—a list of church commissions copied from churches and demanding—and getting— confirmed that the windows were identical to the photos from Boston, Cram’s “job books” that she transcribed in her and records at the Charles J. Connick 1978 Ph.D. dissertation, The Early Architecture North façade window of First Presbyterian Church, Edgewood, Foundation verified that Connick had designed of Ralph Adams Cram, 1889 –1902: Charles J. Connick (Boston). and made all the windows in the church proper. The windows are stenciled “grisaille” The job books are a record beginning in 1902, (a French word meaning “gray”), character- of drawings by the Cram Boston office. The entries ized by Connick as “a delightful luminous and give the date, the type of drawing… , the initials by colorful ‘gray’ through the use of flowing pat- whom the drawing was made, to whom the draw- terns of paint over varying tints of glass that ings were sent and the date completed….The job are interrupted by bands and spots of color— books are organized by city and then by building. usually in a geometrical arrangement.” Because the entries are for drawings, the job books Charles Connick (1875–1945), who was edu- give no indication if the structure was built. cated and trained in Pittsburgh and is widely However, if an entry for a building continues for recognized as the leading stained glass artist in several pages… the assumption had been made that this country between the First and Second this building exists and was designed by Cram. World Wars, revived and reinterpreted this There I read: “Edgewood Presbyterian Church, 12th-century window patterning and advo- 1915–21.” (Dr. Daniel’s list is invaluable since all cated its use in 20th-century churches. but one of these job books were later destroyed by The interior of the church has a traditional a partner of Hoyle, Doran & Berry, the firm estab- cruciform plan. The metal chandeliers that lished by Alexander Hoyle, who had been a junior illuminate downward and hang between the partner in Cram & Ferguson.) windows, so as not to compromise the quality Edgewood Presbyterian Church Records of the stained glass or the natural light, suggest 1891–1984 at the University of Pittsburgh’s a discerning hand. The chancel is dominated Archives Service Center confirm that the church’s by a great organ case, beautifully carved, as is Building Council was authorized to proceed on all the chancel woodwork. The chancel is the June 16, 1915, and “engaged Mr. Thomas Hannah traditional liturgical center of a Christian of this City as Architect and Messrs Cram & church, and the configuration at Edgewood is Ferguson of Boston in a consulting capacity, the found in other Presbyterian churches designed latter from being considered one of the foremost by Cram. He converts the traditional open exponents of the gothic style of architecture in the rood screen separating the chancel from the eastern section of this country.” By April 28, 1916, nave into a wooden wall that serves as back- it was reported: ground for a dais supporting a central lectern or pulpit and clergy chairs; above, the organ We have finally succeeded in having a set of loft and choir, in front and below, the commu- architects’ plans for our new building completed nion table. that are satisfactory both to our architect, Mr. Hannah, and to our Consulting Architects, Cram PHLF News • December 2007 Page 19

& Ferguson. In fact these plans are the organ case, choir rail, pulpit and pulpit in Scotland, arrived in Pittsburgh in product of both. There has been chairs were designed by Cram & 1890 and worked for W. S. Fraser unusual delay in the finishing of these Ferguson, Architects, of Boston, and the before opening an office in 1898. Prior plans by reason of the consulting archi- work was executed by Wm. F. Ross & to 1915 his best known buildings tects being located in Boston. Mr. Co., of Boston.” include the Andrew Carnegie Free Hannah’s plans had to be sent back and John (originally Iohannis) Library (1899) in Carnegie (see page forward a number of times before they Kirchmayer (1860–1930), born in 16), and in Pittsburgh: First were finished to the satisfaction of all. Oberammergau, Germany, headed the Congregational Church, Oakland carving department at William F. Ross (1904), now St. Nicholas Greek By May 3, 1916, “Floor plans, eleva- & Co. c. 1905–21. Kirchmayer was 54 Orthodox Church; the Keenan Building tions and more or less detail drawings in 1917 and would have supervised the (1907), with its have been worked out and preliminary carving at Edgewood, whether or not distinctive dome estimates of cost received from two he himself did any of the work. (His at 643 Liberty reliable contractors.” Also, Cram & First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, Ca., earlier work can be seen at Calvary Avenue; and the Ferguson had provided “a very elabo- 1912–13. William C. Hays, architect; Cram, Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh.) A resi- Western rate sketch for the pulpit and organ Goodhue & Ferguson, consulting architects. dent of Boston since 1884, he was a Pennsylvania screen, and suggested that they would charter member of the Society of Arts Seminary like to take personal charge of the finish & Crafts, Boston, founded 1897. He is reminiscent of the tower of First dormitory of the face of the gallery, of the pews, of considered one of the finest wood Presbyterian Church, Oakland, (1911–12) on the organ screen and of the pulpit,— carvers working in this country in the California, a 1912–13 collaboration Ridge Avenue. Photo by Colin Hines making the designs for the same and early 20th century. between architect William C. Hays and Even though having complete charge of the construc- The church received an Historic Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, published we may never know the precise nature tion work connected therewith.” Landmark Plaque in 1987; PHLF News by Cram in American Churches (1915). of the collaboration that created the The cornerstone was laid July 22, noted the “design makes a strong and Although the Plaque application Edgewood Presbyterian Church, we can 1917, the stained glass windows were unique architectural statement with two credited the design to Thomas Hannah now celebrate this discovery and better completed January 1, 1918, and the very large, square towers (with gable and Cram & Ferguson, the latter firm appreciate the national significance of a building was dedicated November 17, roofs!).” The “saddleback” towers— was omitted from the executed Plaque. local landmark. 1918. Three days later an organ recital common to Scottish churches—are Thomas Hannah (c. 1867–1935), born was held; the program states: “The

Extraordinary Ornamental Glass in Clayton

On September 8, Al Tannler, histori- cal collections director at Landmarks, gave an illustrated talk at the Frick Art Museum on the ornamental glass in Clayton, 1883–1903. Given twice—once before and once after lunch––each talk was followed by a tour of Clayton led by Frick Art & Historical Center docents. Clayton, a historic house museum in Point Breeze, was the Pittsburgh residence of H. C. Frick and his family. In preparing for his presentation, Glass dome in Henry Clay Frick’s bathroom, Al discovered that Clayton contains by Henry Hunt for Leake & Greene, 1897. an extraordinary collection of orna- mental glass by three British-trained of the Godwin window survive and were brought from storage for this You have immeasurably presentation and are now on display in added to our knowledge the Frick Art Museum.) Daniel Cottier (1837–91), who knew and may have on this topic. We are grateful worked with William Morris, was a for your research. Scottish glass artist who opened deco- The Four Virgins, by Cottier & Co. tects Alden & Harlow and added to rating firms in London, Australia, and, —Beth Braughler in 1873, New York. The firm is recog- Assistant Curator of Education, Clayton in 1897. Henry Clay Frick’s artists—R. Appleby Miller of England, nized as the principal importer of the The Frick Art & Historical Center impressive bathroom stands between Frederick Wilson of New York, and J. Hunt’s earliest documented surviving designs of the Aesthetic Movement of Horace Rudy and William Willet of the 1870s and 80s from Britain to glass artists who came to the United windows at the Hawthorne Avenue Pittsburgh. The Godwin windows at America. The Clayton window is signifi- States and established successful studios Presbyterian Church, Crafton, installed Clayton appear to be the only docu- cant because it is, or is derived from, in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New in 1896, and the great Thaw Memorial mented examples of his residential work. Daniel Cottier’s designs and was made York: Alfred Godwin, Henry Hunt, and Reredos of 1898 in Emmanuel Henry Hunt (1867–1951), English- under the supervision of his partner, Daniel Cottier. Episcopal Church on Pittsburgh’s North born and trained, came to this country James Inglis; it is apparently one of a Alfred Godwin (1850–1934), who Side. Hunt established his own in 1889 and became the glass artist for handful of surviving residential Cottier emigrated from England and worked in Pittsburgh studio in 1906 and it remains the Boston decorating firm of Leake & & Company Aesthetic Movement glass Philadelphia glass firms for some sixty in business today. Greene, which opened a Pittsburgh windows intact and in place in the years, created windows for the 1882–83 In 1903–04, Cottier & Company office in 1890 and moved permanently United States. redecoration of the Fricks’ new home of New York was hired to redecorate to Pittsburgh in 1893. At the Frick Art and provided additional windows in Clayton. A Cottier & Company To learn more about architectural Reference Library in New York, Al dis- 1892 when the house was greatly window, The Four Virgins, replaced glass in Pittsburgh and Western covered that Leake & Greene provided expanded. Godwin is also important Godwin’s 1883 Love in the Tower Pennsylvania, visit: www.phlf.org. glass for bathrooms designed by archi- as a mentor of several notable glass window in the stairway. (Two panels

The two surviving panels of Godwin’s 1883 Love in the Tower window (far left and center), and his library windows of 1892 (left). Page 20 PHLF News • December 2007

Two Book Reviews: Ralph Adams Cram and Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Albert M. Tannler

The work of Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942) and Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Goodhue in 1974 in his pioneering study on eclecticism, The Architecture of Choice; (1869–1924) contributes significantly to the architectural patrimony of Western profiled the Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson (CG&F) and Cram & Ferguson (C&F) Pennsylvania. Between 1899 and 1935, together and independently, and in Pittsburgh churches in Landmark Architecture (1985); and wrote an article in collaboration with some of America’s leading artists and craftsmen, they created in 1994—the first—on Bertram Goodhue’s Myler house. I have written about the our region two houses, a chapel, and at least seven churches, four of which are Gordon Chapel in the Church of the Ascension in Shadyside, the Huff house, and five among their finest work. (Several possible commissions are yet to be explored.) important American stained glass firms that collaborated with Cram and Goodhue, Explicating this legacy has been an important activity for historians at Landmarks, and about C&F’s collaboration with Pittsburgh architect Thomas Hannah (see article beginning with James D. Van Trump’s writings on the Gothic Revival and Modern on pages 18–19). Gothic in Pittsburgh in the 1950s. Walter C. Kidney insightfully assessed Cram and

Ethan Anthony, The Architecture of (Most of the great artists and crafts- Ralph Adams Cram and His Office. men whose work Cram encouraged W. W. Norton, 2007. ISBN: 0-393- and supported—many of whom are represented in his Pittsburgh build- 73104-9. 200 b&w illustrations. ings—are ignored; the information in 160 pages. Cloth. $60. this book on those mentioned is either perfunctory or incorrect.) Herein we find a 30-page biographical sketch of Cram; photographs of The astounding omission from “Religious Architecture,” “Academic “Religious Architecture” is Holy Rosary,

Architecture,” and “Residential, Pittsburgh (1926–30)—included in The © Goodhue Family Archives Institutional, and Commercial Work of Cram and Ferguson and identi- Architecture”; a project list 1882–1943; fied by Cram in My Life in Architecture a bibliography; and an index. The (1936) as one of five churches that were author, a partner in the Boston architec- his primary personal projects. [237; tural firm of Hoyle, Doran & Berry, 241]. A garbled entry in the project list founded c. 1959 by Alexander Hoyle, may be a reference to this commission. who had been junior partner in C&F, First Presbyterian Church, Greensburg assures readers that he prepared his (1913–19), included in The Work of project list on the basis of: Cram and Ferguson, is omitted from the photo gallery but entered in the project many sources including the firm’s First Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, B. G. list under “1938”! [247]. The only other extensive card files and projects list Goodhue, architect; Cram, Goodhue & Western Pennsylvania commissions on and has required extensive verification. Ferguson. the project list are the three Pittsburgh Dates are based on the date of the churches. award of projects as the information I will restrict my critique to Cram Looking beyond the egregious errors was kept by the office. The task was buildings in Western Pennsylvania. in the text and the flawed project list, complicated because a former principal, The ecclesiastical entries, we read, are one finds little if any understanding of now deceased, discarded some of the “commissions for which Cram was Cram’s imaginative revitalization of firm’s job books during a move. When responsible for all or most of a new or Gothic forms. The author’s analysis is sources conflicted, I chose the most renovated building” [41]. largely restricted to references to reliable dates and attempted to confirm Romy Wyllie, Bertram Goodhue: them with other sources. [6] • The first Pittsburgh church illustrated His Life and Residential is “First Baptist Church…1902” [55]. Architecture. W. W. Norton, 2007. First Baptist was designed by Bertram ISBN 10: 0-393-73219-3; ISBN 13: Goodhue in 1909, who headed the 978-0-393-73219-1. 149 b&w and Ralph Adams New York Office of CG&F; the church 91 color illustrations. 224 pages. Cram, c. 1908. was completed in 1912. Cram, who Courtesy of the Boston headed the Boston Office, was not Cloth. $60. Public Library, Fine Arts Department involved, and the “1902” date belies the author’s assertion that he “chose In the 1970s, while working at the the most reliable dates and attempted University of Chicago Archives, I was to confirm them with other sources.” invited to a dinner party as a campus The project list gives the status of the “resource.” The guest was architectural building as “Unknown” [241]. historian Richard Oliver who was writing a study of Bertram Goodhue, • “Calvary Episcopal Church…1906” architect of the University’s Rockefeller [64–65]. The building was designed Chapel. I recall the occasion vividly, in 1905 and completed in 1907. The perhaps because it was the first time I source of the photograph of the exte- participated in a serious discussion of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, rior is identified as “Church Building, Bertram Goodhue and his work. Pittsburgh 3rd ed.” The Calvary photo is flopped Oliver’s book, Bertram Grosvenor (printed backwards) and is taken from Goodhue, the first critical study, was medieval “models” and will reinforce the 2nd edition of 1914 (the 3rd published by MIT Press in 1983. the dated prejudicial view that Cram edition was published in 1924.) The In 2002, I was doing research for was a copyist. caption of an interior photo draws the articles on Bertram Goodhue’s brother, The Architecture of Ralph Adams reader’s attention to “a large clerestory Harry, and Harry’s son Wright, both Cram and His Office is not a work of with triplet stained glass windows by important American stained glass architectural history; it is a promotional Cram collaborator Charles Connick.” artists. A mutual friend put me in touch brochure for Hoyle, Doran & Berry. Only one of the clerestory windows with Romy Wyllie at the California Ethan Anthony acquired an interest in The book is primarily illustrations— illustrated is by Connick and that Institute of Technology in Pasadena; she the firm in 1991, 49 years after the photographs, drawings, etc.—that vary window is not identified. had written about Bertram Goodhue’s in quality and are printed in black and death of Ralph Adams Cram. To suggest • “East Liberty Presbyterian…1931” 1917–24 master plan and campus build- white; some of the more recent images that the acquisition of office records— [132–134]. The building was commis- ings in Caltech’s Architectural Heritage have been “antiqued,” presumably to handed down by an earlier generation sioned in 1930 and completed in (2000) and was writing a book about match older illustrations. Unfortunately of architects who inherited them from 1935. A photo caption declares: “Its Goodhue’s residential architecture. the brief photo captions, the project architects who once worked for a elaborate stonework was beautifully We corresponded, shared information, list—and indeed the biographical sketch brilliant and famous architect—trans- executed by John Evans.” Another and are acknowledged in each other’s as well—are full of errors: incorrect mits that architect’s skills or insights is, identifies the sculptor: “John Evans publications. This prior acquaintance dates (for people and buildings), at best, disingenuous. (center) at work on sculpture.” John with Bertram Goodhue: His Life and incomplete attributions, and posthu- Evans died in 1923 and neither he nor Residential Architecture has only mous sightings. his firm worked on this building. PHLF News • December 2007 Page 21

Worth Reading John L. Fox, Housing for the Working Classes: Henry Phipps from the Carnegie Steel Company to Phipps Houses. Larchmont, NY: Memorystone Publishing, Inc., 2007. ISBN 1-4243-1473-9. Hardcover. $29 plus shipping/handling. To order call the publisher at 1-800-246-4727.

This compact, well-written, and well- illustrated book will engage and instruct anyone interested in worker housing in the United States. It is primarily a history of the Phipps Houses Group of New York City, from its establishment in 1905 to 2007. Mr. Fox chronicles the encounter of a philanthropic vision inspired by 19th-century English worker housing reform movements with 20th-century economic forces, architectural fashions, social upheaval, and political opportunities and turmoil. Today the Phipps Houses Group includes property management and Mrs. William Myler house, 1919–22, Bennington Avenue, Pittsburgh (as designed). community development subsidiaries in order to maintain the integrity of its housing and interact with the surrounding community. deepened both my appreciation for a Library. There is an impeccably Industrialist Henry Phipps (1839–1930) established Phipps remarkable architect and human being, researched and lucid biography of the Houses to provide affordable, well-designed housing for work- and my admiration for this splendid architect, and a catalogue raisonné book about him—the first in almost a corrects and updates Oliver’s list of ing-class families in New York City. Mr. Fox provides perhaps quarter-century. buildings and projects. the most complete portrait to date of this lesser-known business Oliver’s book focused on Goodhue’s Goodhue’s collaboration with Ralph associate and friend of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay ecclesiastical and institutional work Adams Cram, his contributions to book Frick. Born in Philadelphia, Phipps lived in Allegheny (now and was hampered by its small size and design and the graphic arts, his involve- Pittsburgh’s North Side) from 1845 to 1891, traveled exten- black and white illustrations (it was part ment in the Society of Arts and Crafts, sively during the next decade while living part of the time in of a standardized series). The Wyllie Boston, and his relationships with England, and settled in New York City in 1901. book is handsomely laid-out with craftsmen such as his brother Harry and Prior to 1905, Phipps’ philanthropy included conservatories reproductions of the architect’s spec- sculptor Lee Laurie and architects such in Allegheny and Pittsburgh, a botanical museum in Pittsburgh, as Cecil Brewer, were key elements in his tacular drawings and clear black and and a tuberculosis hospital in Philadelphia. Phipps Houses white historical photos and a center artistic maturation. Near the end of his Group unites Henry Phipps’ philanthropic commitments and section of excellent color photographs, truncated career, Goodhue developed, many by the author. (Assistance from Romy Wyllie notes, “a language of bold gives concrete and enduring expression to urban housing that is Nicholas Goodhue, grandson of the forms, simple lines, and plain surfaces” healthful, naturally-sited, comfortable, and affordable. architect and a free-lance editor, con- [198]. Although Cram called Goodhue’s tributed substantially to the quality of Nebraska State Capitol in his 1936 the presentation.) autobiography, “perhaps the greatest The author focuses on 26 of example of vital modern architecture in Goodhue’s residential designs, including the United States,” the late-20th-century Images of America Series a company town and the architect’s own academic establishment denigrated homes. (Western Pennsylvanians can Goodhue’s architecture as too tradi- Wilkinsburg, a handsomely illustrated and well-researched and read about the William A. Huff house in tional, and hence regressive. Whatever written volume released in April 2007 by Arcadia Publishing, Greensburg and Mrs. William Myler’s might have happened had Goodhue not reminded us that many of these compact books of captioned house in Pittsburgh.) Goodhue’s residen- died in 1924, while he lived he refused historical photographs are devoted to tial architecture is placed within a larger to abandon “craftsmanship” and an communities and neighborhoods in intrinsic arts and crafts approach to context that includes some ecclesiastical Allegheny County—and the number work, but special attention is given to design. From a 21st-century perspective, keeps growing. Wilkinsburg, composed his secular work: his New York office, this makes his work even more interest- the Panama-Pacific Exposition, the ing and valuable. by a committee of nine members of National Academy of Sciences in the Wilkinsburg Historical Society, is Washington, D.C., the Nebraska State a convenient publication to have on Capitol, and the Los Angeles Public hand since Landmarks is leading a community revitalization program in the borough (see page 3). William A. Huff house, 1899–1901 (now YWCA of Westmoreland County), Greensburg, Pa. Here are some of the other Arcadia Huff altered the exterior, originally designed by a local architect, after receiving the plan and titles featuring Allegheny County municipali- elevation of a house recently designed by Goodhue. ties and neighborhoods that may be of interest to Landmarks’ members: Allegheny City Ingram Beechview McKeesport Brookline *Oakland Carnegie Pittsburgh South Side Coraopolis Squirrel Hill Downtown Pittsburgh Sewickley Duquesne Wilmerding Forest Hills Homestead and Mifflin Township

*Landmarks, in association with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, prepared Oakland, written by Walter C. Kidney and published in 2005. To purchase copies—each retails for $19.99—visit: www.arcadiapublishing.com. Photo by Lu Donnelly Page 22 PHLF News • December 2007

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David Aitken Maryellen S. Mayhall Margaret C. Albert Nancy Merckle Paul E. Arch Richard Merrill Marc Aronson and Judi Dudjak Michael Mey Joe and Mary Artzberger Alicia Miksic George Balta Kristii Miller Jan Ban Francis Monaghan Joanne Barcala Monumental Baptist Church Bill Bates and Maggie McDermott Neil Morea Robert Baumann Judith E. Musgrave Jacob Beatty Therese Nuttall Julia Behrends Lauren O’Brien Leah Behrends Genevieve B. Owens Bellevue United Presbyterian Church Logan Pattyn Bethlehem Lutheran Church Dale Perelman Louis T. Bier Allyson Perry Gerry Boccella Carol Petett Jennifer Bossinger Marylynne Pitz Mr. & Mrs. Jerome T. Braidic Robert and Michelle Pockaj Anne Brannen Matthew Provolt Members visit with Landmarks trustee Leroy Dillard (left center) during a tour Derrick Brashear Lindsay Pugh of “August Wilson’s Hill District,” led by trustee Larry Glasco (back left) on Very Reverend Donald P. Breier Dwight W. and Celia Quarles June 23. Mr. & Mrs. Milt Brinker Grace Rajnovic Zachary Brown Alexandra Reznik Alfred Daniel Burns Violeta F. Rodriguez Membership Tours: Karen Cahall Kathleen Rosella R. Yvonne Campos Ray and Tara Rotuna Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh School Jean Rowan 2007 Highlights District Sacred Heart Church Linda M. Chandler St. John Lutheran Church This year’s top tour attraction was the Jail Museum, located in the Court Charles Christen and family St. Paul Cathedral of Common Pleas, Family Division facility on Ross Street (formerly the Raana Chughtai Dr. James M. Sheil Tyler Coughenour Joseph and Rosemarie Shirk Allegheny County Jail). Docent Bob Loos opened the Museum on most Jane Coway and Tim Ries Breanna Smith Mondays, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., February through October, and Naomi J. Crain John A. Smith provided information upon request to the 1,267 curious visitors. If you Bob and Lesa Cranmer Ron and Josie Smith have not yet visited the Jail Museum, it will open again in 2008 on Doug and Liza Cruze Tienya B. Smith Mondays, beginning in February; it is closed on government holidays. Louis and Nancy Dallas Derek Seitz Our members were invited Esther C. Davis Shelly Sprys and family Selene Davis Ashley Stark to three lectures in 2007, Michael Deeb Paul Steidl co-sponsored by Landmarks, David and Tina DelFiandra Laurie Stewart and heard about architect Mr. & Mrs. Harmar D. Denny IV Derek Stuart and Rona Moody Bertram Goodhue (see pages and family Renab Talat 20–21), Chatham Village Amy Dewalt Sam Tindall (see page 16), and Clayton Gloria Downes Mark and Kate Tomlinson (see page 19). In addition, Susan H. Duda Paul R. 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Corporate Matching Gifts • Chevron Matching Gift Program, for matching a gift from Neighborhood Revitalization and Jack D. Burgess Preservation Services • Dominion Foundation, for matching a gift from James B. Richard • Allegheny County, in support of Wilkinsburg • H. J. Heinz Company Foundation, for matching a gift from • Anonymous and Russell W. Coe, in support of Wilkinsburg JOIN James H. Parker, Jr. • Mark Stephen and Patricia Bibro PITTSBURGH HISTORY & • Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, for matching a gift from • Carl Wood Brown LANDMARKS FOUNDATION Teresa A. Beaudet • The Anne L. and George H. 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2008 Mark Stephen Bibro, Chairman EVENT PREVIEW Our Staff Please give your e-mail address to Mary Lu Denny ([email protected]; 412-471-5808, ext. 527) so we can e-mail you complete details about our tours and lectures in 2008, Preservation Programs & Services or visit www.phlf.org. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., President During Pittsburgh’s 250th birthday year limited to 30 people; contact Mary Lu Thomas Keffer, Property & we are celebrating its industrial heritage Denny for reservations. We thank Roger Construction Manager with tours to Westman, a member of Landmarks and *Carole Malakoff, Kopp Glass, the Director of the Allegheny County Historic Religious Properties Edgar Thomson Air Quality Control Department, for Program Coordinator Works, and organizing this tour and the Edgar Eugene Matta, Director of Real Estate Last Call for Clairton Coke Thomson Works tours (dates to be and Special Development Programs Works; and we’ll announced). Anne E. Nelson, Esq., General Matched Gifts celebrate its ethnic We’ll continue our free walking Counsel The December 31 deadline is fast heritage with a tours of downtown Pittsburgh and of Colleen L. Newsome, Secretary approaching for Landmarks to receive tour to the Oakland, and if possible, we’ll add a gifts toward the purchase of O. Winston Bulgarian special tour to the Pittsburgh Athletic Ethan Raup, Manager, Community Macedonian National Educational and Association, Alumni Hall (Masonic Revitalization Programs Link’s famous photograph, The Birmingham Special Gets the Highball Cultural Center in Homestead and a Temple), and Mellon Institute. Bus tours Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., at Rural Retreat, for our Frank B. lecture on Scottish Stained Glass in to Butler and Saxonburg are also under CEO, Landmarks Community Pittsburgh, by Al Tannler and stained consideration, as well as return trips Capital Corporation Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive (see pages 10 and 11). glass artist Rona Moody. to the Hill District and Vandergrift, Michael Sriprasert, Coordinator of The Fairbanks-Horix Foundation will Tour dates to Kopp Glass, founded in since so much is happening in those Real Estate Programs match, dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000 of 1926, have been scheduled for Thursday, communities. Sarah Walker, Receptionist & the gifts we receive for that purpose. January 31 and Friday, February 1. We hope to end the year with a tour Secretary; Administrative Assistant The photo is valued at $10,000. The same tour is offered on both days of downtown living spaces, including to the President To make your tax-deductible gift to from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Each tour is (if all goes well) Market at Fifth (see *Marilyn Whitelock, Community help us acquire this one-of-a-kind, limited to 15 people; contact Mary Lu page 4), the Granite Building (see page Relations Coordinator signed photo that was published in Denny for reservations. 3), The Carlyle, and Millcraft Industries’ Gregory C. Yochum, Horticulturist Steam Steel & Stars, mail your check, Our tour to the Clairton Coke Works Market Square Place and Piatt Place. payable to PHLF and referenced will be on Tuesday, March 25, from Join us for tours and lectures in 2008. Ronald C. Yochum, Jr., Chief 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This tour is Information Officer “Fairbanks Challenge,” to: Shaun Yurcaba, Main Street PHLF (Fairbanks Archive) Coordinator 100 W. Station Square Dr., Suite 450 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Finance and Gift Planning Landmarks Gifts can also be made by credit card Phipps Hoffstot, Chief Financial welcomes Officer on our web site at: http://www.phlf.org/ services/libraryservices/fairbanks Jack Miller, Director of Gift Planning archive.html. Steve Dora, Inc. Tom Croyle, Comptroller Questions regarding the collection ESB Bank, FSB Linda Mitry, Staff Accountant can be directed to Judith Harvey, THE SOCIETY FOR Graham Realty Company Fairbanks Archive Librarian: and [email protected] or Education Programs & Research THE PRESERVATION OF Oxford Development Company 412-471-5808, ext. 515. Louise Sturgess, Editor/Executive Director as Corporate Member Mary Lu Denny, Director of Benefactors Membership Services Welcome *Mary Ann Eubanks, Education Coordinator Landmarks welcomes Katherine Molnar *Dwight Fong, Library Assistant in her new job as Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Pittsburgh. Dedicated to the preservation of *Judith Harvey, Fairbanks Librarian Contact information for Katherine is: that which cannot be replaced Marie Miller, Secretary & Education [email protected]. Assistant 412-255-2243. Thank you for helping us protect For a membership *Laura Ricketts, Research Assistant the places that make Pittsburgh home. Frank Stroker, Assistant Archivist & please phone 412-381-1665 Sales Manager Albert M. Tannler, Historical Collections Director

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