H. Miller & Sons Photographs, 1920-1928
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- H. Miller & Sons Photographs
- Collection Number
- PSS 74
- Extent
- 0.25 linear feet
- Date
- 1920-1928
- Language
- English .
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
Biographical / Historical
H. Miller & Sons was a general contractor on several building projects of importance to the Jewish population of Pittsburgh in the early 20th century. The company was founded in the late 1880s by Herschel Miller (c.1860-1930), who had come from Russia earlier in the decade. Starting out with small residential projects, the company expanded to larger commercial and institutional projects including the Concordia Club (1913), the Hebrew Institute (1916), the Congregation B'nai Israel synagogue (1923), Taylor Allderdice High School (1927), the Irene Kaufmann Settlement House auditorium (1928), Montefiore Hospital (1929), and the sanctuary addition of the Congregation Beth Shalom Israel synagogue (1930). The company also worked on housing projects through affiliated companies, such as the Pittsburgh Housing Corporation. Herschel Miller's son William S. Miller (c1888-1956) later founded Steelwood Corporation, a residential development company responsible for building the Millermont subdivision in Stanton Heights in the mid-1940s and for relocating the Croghan-Schenley Ballroom to the first floor of the Cathedral of Learning in 1955.
Scope and Contents
The H. Miller & Sons Photographs consist of two photographic albums documenting construction of the Congregation B'nai Israel synagogue, the Terrace Court Apartments, the Pittsburgh News Building, Select Furniture Company offices, the West View Cemetery chapel, the Seltzer Film Building, the Simon-Glanz-Caplan Baking Company offices, Taylor Allderdice High School, the Iroquois Garage, Montefiore Hospital, the May Drug Company building, and various residential and municipal construction projects.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Heather Spitzer in 2019. Archives accession 2019.0123
Preferred Citation
H. Miller & Sons Photographs, 1920-1928, PSS 74, Rauh Jewish Archives, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Processing Information
Processing done by Catelyn Cocuzzi in April 2021.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Copyright may be retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Subjects
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Community Housing Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- H. Miller & Sons (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Iroquois Garage (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- May Drug Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Montefiore Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Pittsburgh Housing Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Pittsburgh News Company(Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Steelwood Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Select Furniture Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Seltzer Film Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Simon-Glantz-Caplan Baking Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- United Housing Corporation.
- West View Cemetery (Ross Township, Pa.)
- Miller, Herschel, c1860-1930.
- Miller, William S., c1888-1956.
- Pittsburgh, (Pa.)
- Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
- Jews -- Religious life.
- Synagogues.
- Synagogues -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County.
- Synagogues -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
- Synagogues -- Pennsylvania -- East End.
- Jewish cemeteries.
- Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County.
- Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Ross.