Pennsylvania - Allegheny County - Vacant / Not In Use
Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bost Building, Davis Island Lock and Dam Site, Heinz, H.J., Company, Homestead Battle Site and Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Allegheny County historic places including Gen. John Neville, H.J. Heinz and James etal. O'Hare.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Allegheny County places including Corps of Engineers, John Neville, Heinz Engineering Dept., Frederick Osterling, Boyd & Pratt Ingham, Walter H. Cookson, J.M. Andrews, J.E. Allison, Mellon E. P. and George Hogg. Prominent architectural styles found in Allegheny Country are Romanesque, Beaux Arts and Classical Revival.

Armstrong Cork Company (added 2005 - - #05000413)
23rd and Railroad Sts. , Pittsburgh
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Osterling, Frederick
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bost Building (added 1999 - - #99000627)
Also known as Columbia Hotel;see also;Homestead Historic District,90000696
621--623 East Eighth Avenue , Homestead Borough
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Consolidated Ice Company Factory No. 2 (added 2000 - - #00001348)
100 43rd St. , Pittsburgh
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Davis Island Lock and Dam Site (added 1980 - - #80003400)
Off PA 65 , Avalon
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Corps of Engineers
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Eberhardt and Ober Brewery (added 1987 - - #87001984)
Troy Hill Rd. & Vinial St. , Pittsburgh
BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Hamilton School (added 1988 - - #88001450)
Library Rd. near Hamilton Rd. , Castle Shannon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Heinz, H.J., Company (added 2002 - - #02000774)
Roughly bounded by Chestnut St., River Ave., S. Canal St., Progress St. and Heinz modern Manufacturing Facilities , Pittsburgh
Yassie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Heinz Engineering Dept., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
Heinz, H.J.
Significant Year:
1930, 1941, 1919
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Water Works
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Water Works
Homestead Battle Site (added 1998 - - #98000953)
Also known as Pinkerton Landing Site
S side of Monongahela R., NE of Homestead , Munhall Borough
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Linden Grove (added 2000 - - #87001970)
Also known as The Grove
Grove Rd. at Library Rd. & Willow Ave. , Castle Shannon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Music Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000399)
Barking Rd. , Plum Borough
BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Longfellow School (added 1984 - - #84003088)
Also known as Deniston School
Monroe St. and McClure Ave. , Pittsburgh
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hogg,George, Rieger & Courrier
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Neville House (added 1974 - - #74001733)
Also known as Woodville
S of Heidelberg on PA 50 , Heidelberg
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Neville,Gen. John
Significant Year:
1785
Area of Significance:
Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Oakdale Public School (added 1997 - - #97000289)
33 Hastings St. , Oakdale
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Andrews,J.M., Allison,J.E.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pennsylvania Railroad Station-Wilkinsburg (added 1985 - - #85001568)
Hay St. at Ross Ave. , Wilkinsburg
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cookson,Walter H.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sperling Building (added 2005 - - #05000410)
Also known as Mercantile Building, Sperling Apartments
1007-1013 Penn Ave. , Wilkinsburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Tuberculosis Hospital of Pittsburgh (added 1993 - - #93000073)
Also known as Western Restoration Center
2851 Bedford Ave. , Pittsburgh
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Clinic, Sanatorium
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Walker-Ewing Log House (added 1976 - - #76001593)
NE of Oakdale on Noblestown Rd., Collier Township , Oakdale
BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Woods, John, House (added 1993 - - #93000353)
4604 Monongahela St. , Pittsburgh
BotMultichill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
O'Hare, James etal.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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