A row of identical houses put up in 1884 for Joseph Klee, a successful manufacturer of shoes and one of the founders of the Rodef Shalom congregation. The word “Klee” means “clover” in German, so, of course…
…all the dormers have clover ornaments.(1)
Note the basement-level breezeway between houses, which is very unusual in Pittsburgh.
Footnotes
- Much as old Pa Pitt would like to claim credit for laborious research, his information comes from a plaque on the front wall of one of the houses. (↩)
