The Kiren House

2006

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The Kiren House
  • Title
  • The Kiren House
  • Creator
  • Louis A. Chandler
  • Date
  • 2006
  • Identifier
  • 20110202-hpicmonroeville-0172
  • Source Identifier
  • 740
  • Description
  • Like many veterans returning home, Joe Kiren dreamt of building a modern house for his young family. Studying the lot on McKinney Road he saw that the area, once heavily mined, was now an abundant source of stone -- discarded tailings. Joe proceeded to build his family home with his own two hands out of local stone that he found all around him
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Dwellings--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Kiren family.
    Monroeville (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicmonroeville
  • Contributor
  • Monroeville Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Monroeville Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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