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Queen Anne Turrets in Shadyside

628 and 626 Summerlea Street

Three quite different interpretations of the Queen Anne turret on Shadyside houses. Above, a pair of faceted turrets on a double house.

Turret of 733 South Negley Avenue

An unusual rectangular turret preserves its original farmhouse-Gothic window and woodwork. The turret itself is set at a 45° angle to the rest of the house.

733 South Negley Avenue
Turret of 727 South Negley Avenue

Finally, an octagonal domed turret on a house whose well-preserved details are worth pausing to admire. We note in passing that even the paint is, if not original, at least the dark green color typical of Pittsburgh houses of the turn of the twentieth century: you can scratch the trim of many a Pittsburgh house and find this color at the lowest level.

727 South Negley Avenue

An appropriate arrangement of birds on those cables could make a short musical composition.

Front porch

A shingly front porch that survived the epidemic of porch amputations in the 1960s and 1970s.

Parlor window

The parlor window has some good stained glass under the arch and, in the arch itself, a sunflower ornament for a keystone.

Sunflower ornament
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