Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


English Terrace, Squirrel Hill

English Terrace

These two identical fantasy-Tudor apartment buildings at the corner of Morrowfield and Shady Avenues were built in 1929. Father Pitt does not know the architect, but they are very similar to apartment buildings built at the same time in Mount Lebanon and associated with Charles Geisler. Since Geisler worked on other buildings in Squirrel Hill, he is a likely candidate.

5851 English Terrace
Advertisement from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 18, 1929.
Entrance to English Terrace
English Terrace
English Terrace

We have the technology to take those utility cables out of the picture, but in this case not the patience.

English Terrace
Fujifilm FinePix HS10.


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