Father Pitt

Also known as the A. E. Nieman–Billings House. It was designed by Alden & Harlow, Pittsburgh’s most prestigious firm, and built in 1906.¹

1. Source: Pittsburg Press, December 18, 1905, p. 20. “Architects Alden & Harlow have plans for a $20,000 residence to be erected at Negley and Elgin avenues for A. E. Nieman.” In Margaret Henderson Floyd’s book Architecture After Richardson, the name is spelled “Niemann,” but the name is Nieman on plat maps and in city directories, and, yes, old Pa Pitt was squirrely and obsessive enough to look it up in Polk’s. ↩︎

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