Father Pitt

This building immediately struck old Pa Pitt as a Geisler & Smithyman sort of building, and in this case his instinct was correct. It was built in 1929, and Geisler & Smithyman were indeed the architects.⁽¹⁾ The Geisler of the firm was the venerable Charles R. Geisler, who lived in Beechview and scattered medium-sized apartment buildings all over the Pittsburgh area.

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Footnotes

1. “New Thames Manor Apartment Planned,” Sun-Telegraph, May 19, 1929, p. 45. “The Thames Manor Company has plans out for a 40-family apartment building at Ellsworth and Negley avenues, East End. Geisler & Smithyman are the architects.” (↩)