This building is about the same size as the houses on Glenmore Avenue, and it could easily pass for one of them. But a second glance makes it look a little less domestic and a little more institutional. And it has a cornerstone dating it to 1931, which is a very unusual detail for a private house.
Old Pa Pitt has walked past this building many times, and always meant to look into its history. His first guess was that it was a church, but in fact it was a high-toned women’s club where the female half of the cream of South Hills society met to plan schemes for the betterment of their community. A century ago we were a social nation of clubs and lodges and churches; today, almost all the clubs and lodges have disappeared, and the churches are struggling. But we have social media.
The building is now a training center for the Chartiers Center, an organization that helps adults with behavioral-health difficulties and intellectual and developmental disorders.
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