by Nick Smerker | Nov 10, 2020
913 Brighton Road Introduction John Davidson, a saddler, commissioned construction of 913 Brighton Road in 1870 or 1871. The house was built on a piece of ground that Davidson had purchased for $2760 in 1860. Davidson had 913 Brighton Road built in the Italianate...
by Nick Smerker | Nov 9, 2020
946 Western Avenue Introduction 946 Western Avenue is a three story brick house occupying a 30′ wide by 120′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh. 946 Western Avenue was built between 1875 and 1877 by Francis Torrance, president of the Standard...
by Nick Smerker | Nov 3, 2020
912 Galveston Avenue Introduction 912 Galveston Avenue, originally known as 140 Grant Avenue, is a two-story brick house occupying a 55′ wide by 35′ deep lot located in the Allegheny West section of Pittsburgh’s Northside. Josephine Noe Dale, a physician’s widow and a...
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...
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