by Nick Smerker | Oct 27, 2020
849 Beech Avenue Introduction Theodore Gray and his wife, Annie Gray, had 849 Beech Avenue built between 1869 and 1870. The house was built on a lot that Theodore Gray purchased for $3,000 in 1869. The house is an example of the Second Empire style because of its...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 26, 2020
843 Beech Avenue Introduction 843 Beech Avenue is a three story brick and stone house occupying a 70’6″ wide by 137’4.5″ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of the city of Pittsburgh. 843 Beech Avenue was built by Jacob F. Diffenbacher, publisher of the...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 26, 2020
842 Beech Avenue Introduction 842 Beech Avenue is a large three-story brick Italianate style house occupying a 43’9-3/4″ wide by 100′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh’s Northside. 842 Beech Avenue was built between late 1873 and 1874 for...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 22, 2020
852 N Lincoln Avenue Introduction Theodore H. Nevin and his brother-in-law, John Irwin Jr., had the row of houses at 850-858 North Lincoln Avenue built between 1872 and 1873. The houses were built on property that Nevin and other Allegheny City businessmen had...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 22, 2020
849 N Lincoln Avenue Introduction In 1907, retired Pittsburgh industrialist George Harton Singer created the house that is today known as 849 North Lincoln Avenue when he combined two attached 40-year-old homes at 847 and 849 Lincoln Avenue. Singer spent $8,000,...
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