Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Some Houses on Washington Road, Mount Lebanon

822 Washington Road

Four houses at the southern end of the Uptown business district in Mount Lebanon. First is what we might call a center-hall foursquare—the basic foursquare design, but widened to place the reception hall in the center and add a library or second parlor to one side.

Window detail
Chimney
822 Washington Road
814 Washington Road

It is fairly unusual to find a brick-and-shingle house with the wood shingles still intact, even in a rich neighborhood. Here is one with its original roof, its original shingles, and either its original shutters or good replacements.

806 Washington Road

Here is a kind of Tudor or English Manor design with a very vertical idea of half-timbering.

806
Corner view of 806
Side of 806
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Finally, a house of a later generation, probably the late 1920s. Father Pitt does not know the architect, but the second-floor oriel in a front-facing gable was a favorite device of Lamont Button.

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Cameras: Kodak EasyShare Z1285; Fujifilm FinePix HS10.

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