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General View, Fort Pitt Blockhouse
July 17, 1927
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Title
General View, Fort Pitt Blockhouse
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
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
Collection
Archives of Industrial Society Photograph Collection
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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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