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Front Door on Sarah Street
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Front Door of the B. F. Jones House, Allegheny West
Samsung Galaxy A15 5G. Steel baron B. F. Jones’ front doorway is a feast of elaborate terra cotta. This is a very large picture: enlarge it to appreciate the details of the terra cotta and ironwork.
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Doorbell Buttons
A pair of old doorbell buttons on a house on the South Side. They have little windows where the name of the occupant to be summoned could be displayed. The similar button on the front door of the Pitt mansion is connected by a wire to an electrically activated clapper in the basement, which beats against a bell after the manner of an alarm clock as long as the button is pressed. This is enough racket to be heard throughout a large house. One does have to warn guests about it, though; otherwise the first political canvasser who shows up will send them running for the exits thinking the fire alarm has gone off.
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Front Doors of Monterey Street, Mexican War Streets
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Second Empire Houses on 13th Street, South Side
On a street of mostly small vernacular rowhouses, this pair of grand Second Empire houses dominates the streetscape. They are well preserved and well cared for, and we need no more excuse to appreciate the details.
This front entrance (could you guess that the picture was taken the day after Halloween?) bears an unusual memento of the original owner of the house:
Note the monogram on the side of the steps. An 1890 map shows that the house belonged to a Jonathan Seibert.
Note the exceptionally elaborate door on the breezeway.
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More Front Doors and Breezeways of the South Side
More of the front doors, with their charming woodwork, and the mysterious breezeways (which are not much of a mystery) of the South Side.
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More Front Doors of the South Side
Another small celebration of the varieties of woodwork to be found on South Side houses.
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Second-Empire Row in Allegheny West
A splendid row of Second Empire houses on Lincoln Avenue, with their wood trim picked out in tasteful polychrome paint. They were built in 1872 and 1873.
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Front Door on South 20th Street
A front door with interesting woodwork and curious layers of history: note, for example, the three rows of asphalt shingles above it, which were doubtless somebody’s solution to a water-related problem.
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Carved Brackets on Carson Street
This doorway could use some fresh paint and a little wood repair, but it would certainly be worth preserving the Victorian carved ornaments.
