- Neill Log House
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Neill Log House City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark Picture of the Neill Log House on April 10, 2010Location: East Circuit Road near Serpentine Drive in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40°26′09″N 79°56′08″W / 40.435847°N 79.935606°WCoordinates: 40°26′09″N 79°56′08″W / 40.435847°N 79.935606°W Built/Founded: ca. 1787[1] Governing body/Owner: City of Pittsburgh City designated: February 28, 1977[2] PHLF designated: 1970[3] The Neill Log House is a historic log cabin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation placed a Historic Landmark Plaque on the building in 1970.[3] In 1977, it was named a City of Pittsburgh Designated Historic Structure.[2] It is part of Schenley Park U.S. Historic District[4]
The building was constructed around 1787 by the Neill family, who owned 262 acres in what is now Schenley Park.[1] The house passed through several hands before being sold to Col.[1] James O'Hara, who left the property to his granddaughter Mary Schenley, who donated the land to the city in 1889.[1]
It currently sits preserved in Schenley Park with a fence around it (though it is open to the public periodically).
The log house is also featured on the cover of A Guidebook To Historic Western Pennsylvania by Helene Smith and George Swetnam.[5]
Reference
- ^ a b c d Smith, Craig (December 24, 2007). "Future of historical buildings precarious". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/s_544278.html.
- ^ a b "Designated Historic Buildings Structures and Sites Located in the City of Pittsburgh" (PDF). Historic Review Commission of Pittsburgh. October 2005. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/historic_review_commission/05_Designated_Bldgs_and_Structures.pdf.
- ^ a b "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009: Architecturally significant structures, districts, and designed landscapes in the Pittsburgh region" (PDF). Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Smith, Helene; George Swetnam (1991). A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822954248. http://books.google.com/books?id=seU_PgAACAAJ.
Categories:- City of Pittsburgh historic designations
- Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks
- 1787 architecture
- Log house architecture in Pennsylvania
- History of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Houses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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