Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Three Houses by U. J. L. Peoples on Negley Avenue

907–917 North Negley Avenue

Three similar houses in a row, Pittsburgh Foursquares with dignified classical detailing, and all three in beautiful shape. Father Pitt has was told by the owner of one of them, an architect and community activist, that they were designed by Ulysses J. L. Peoples.

909 North Negley Avenue

Although the houses clearly go together, window placements and other details vary.

917 North Negley Avenue
Ionic capitals

“Modern Ionic” capitals—the kind where the volutes (the spiral things) stick out at the four corners, as opposed to classical Ionic capitals, which are meant to be seen from the front and have pairs of volutes rolled up like a scroll.

917 North Negley Avenue
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS.


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