by Nick Smerker | Nov 10, 2020
719 Brighton Road Introduction 719 Brighton Road is a three story stone and brick Renaissance Revival style house occupying a 50′ wide by 198′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of the city of Pittsburgh. Letitia Holmes, a wealthy widow, had 719 Brighton...
by Nick Smerker | Nov 6, 2020
942 Western Avenue Introduction Hugh McKelvy, the postmaster of Allegheny City (now the Northside), and his wife, Sarah McKelvy, commissioned construction of 942 Western Avenue in 1868. The couple had the house built on a double lot that Sarah McKelvy had purchased...
by Nick Smerker | Nov 4, 2020
939 Western Avenue Introduction 939 Western Avenue is a three story red brick house occupying a 135′ wide by 125′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh. 939 Western Avenue was constructed in three stages between the mid- to late 1860’s and 1901...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 30, 2020
912 Beech Avenue Introduction 912 Beech Avenue is a three-story red brick house occupying a 30′ wide by 100′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh. John S. Bell, an Irish-born dry goods merchant, and his wife Eliza had 912 Beech Avenue built in...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 28, 2020
908 Beech Avenue Introduction Local historical records indicate that John and Jane Sterritt had 908 Beech Avenue built in or shortly before 1868. The Sterritts appear to have had the house built while its site was still owned by Elizabeth F. Denny, who subdivided land...
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