by Nick Smerker | Oct 28, 2020
858 Beech Avenue Introduction Local historical records indicate that Thomas M. and Nancy R. Lyons commissioned construction of 858 Beech Avenue in 1867 or 1868. The house was built in an urban version of the Italianate style, the most popular architectural style in...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 27, 2020
851 Beech Avenue Introduction Alfred McDonald constructed 851 Beech Avenue in 1869. McDonald, a building contractor who lived at 853 Beech Avenue, constructed the house as a speculative venture. He purchased the lot on which the house stands in April 1869 for $2836,...
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 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,...
by Nick Smerker | Oct 20, 2020
844 N Lincoln Avenue Introduction 844 North Lincoln is a three story red brick house occupying a 24′ wide by 140’9.625″ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh. Hugh Knox, a commission merchant, flour dealer and coal company manager, had 844 North...
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