Architectural Inventory for the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Planning Sector 6: Mt. Washington and Hilltop West, Allentown and Knoxville Neighborhoods Report of Findings and Recommendations
Belfast JA, Greenawalt JP, Bamberg A, Sando T. 2019. Architectural Inventory for the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Planning Sector 6: Mt. Washington and Hilltop West, Allentown and Knoxville Neighborhoods Report of Findings and Recommendations. Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical & Museum Commission; City of Pittsburgh; Michael Baker International, Inc.; Clio Consutling; Cosmos Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: "This architectural inventory for the City of Pittsburgh is in partial fulfillment of Preserve Policy 1.2, to Identify and Designate Additional Historic Structures, Districts, Sites, and Objects. This project is the eighth phase of a larger undertaking which aims ultimately to complete the architectural survey for all of Pittsburgh's Planning Sectors. The scope of this project provided for a complete inventory of Pittsburgh, Allentown Neighborhood and a partial inventory of Pittsburgh's Knoxville Neighborhood in Planning Sector 6. This Report of Findings and Recommendations present survey results and recommendations. Recommendations pertain to 1) the eligibility of various resources for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing; 2) the use of survey data by the City of Pittsburgh; 3) resources prioritized for intensive-level survey; and 4) a review of this survey effort's methodology, with emphasis on lessons learned and recommended modifications for future surveys. All previously surveyed resources within Allentown and Knoxville were field checked and an updated survey record was prepared. In addition, project historians considered whether any areas could qualify as potential historic districts within Allentown, but ultimately concluded that no such areas exist in the neighborhood. In Knoxville, it is recommended that the area bounded by Bausman Street, Brownsville Road, St. John Vianney, and Tarragonna Street be intensively surveyed, as this area has the potential to be eligible as National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) District or as a City Historic District." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical & Museum Commission, administered by State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00110).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Belfast, Jesse; Greenawalt, Justin; Bamberg, Angelique; Sando, Tahir
- Date of Issue
- 2019-09
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical & Museum Commission; City of Pittsburgh; Michael Baker International, Inc.; Clio Consutling; Cosmos Technologies, Inc.
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Certified Local Governments, Historic Resource Surveys (County)