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General View, Fort Pitt Blockhouse

July 17, 1927

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General View, Fort Pitt Blockhouse
  • Title
  • General View, Fort Pitt Blockhouse
  • Date
  • July 17, 1927
  • Identifier
  • 000083.PIC
  • Description
  • View of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse showing a portion of the caretaker's house. The blockhouse is the last surviving building of the original fort and Pittsburgh's earliest building. It is also the oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains. Dating to 1764, it was used for many other purposes during its long history. Today, the restored blockhouse, which is administered by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), serves as a final link to the 18 acres that formed the first site of the city of Pittsburgh.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fortification
    Buildings
    Fort Pitt Blockhouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Fort Pitt (Pa.)
    Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Archives of Industrial Society (AIS) General Photograph Collection, 1895-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Archives of Industrial Society Photograph Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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