Point Breeze Residential Scene | Historic Pittsburgh

1947/1956

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Title
Point Breeze Residential Scene
Identifier
MSP285.B030.F09.I06
Source Identifier
MSP285.B030.F09.I06
Description
The Point Breeze section of Pittsburgh is located just outside of Wilkinsburg and Homewood. During the mid to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Point Breeze attracted Pittsburgh’s wealthiest citizens, who built large homes and mansions along Penn Avenue. Andrew Carnegie moved here in 1862, becoming one of the first industrialists to move into the area. His home was located on Homewood Street near the residence of Judge Wilkins. Heinz, Frick, Mellon, and Westinghouse are other notable residents of this neighborhood during this period. Today, the only mansion that has survived in its original state is Henry Clay Frick’s “Clayton” Estate. It houses a museum dedicated to the entrepreneur, as well as the Frick Art Museum.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Point Breeze (Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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