Tag: Gladys Avenue

  • A Few Houses on Gladys Avenue, Beechview

    1114 Gladys Avenue

    Gladys Avenue was one of the richest streets in the middle-class neighborhood of Beechview. We’ve already seen a bungalow designed by the notable Pittsburgh architect W. Ward Williams. Here are a few more houses nearby, beginning with another designed by Williams, this one a generously sized Tudor—or English-style, as it would have been called in 1914, when it was built.

    1114 Gladys Avenue
    1132 Gladys Avenue

    They’re nearly obscured by shrubbery, but note the very interesting sloped porch supports of this house that echo the curving slope of the roof.

    1108 Gladys Avenue

    A generously extra-large foursquare. Have you noticed that these first three houses all have unusual diamond panes in the upper sashes of some of their windows? Those were also a feature of the bungalow designed by W. Ward Williams on the same street, making us wonder whether Williams was responsible for all these houses.

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    Father Pitt had a nice conversation with the owner of this house, who tells us that it was built in about 1919. If you peer into the shadows behind the flag in the picture above, you may notice an exceptionally fine art-glass window in the parlor.

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  • A Bungalow in Beechview by W. Ward Williams

    Ward Brown bungalow

    W. Ward Williams was the architect of this bungalow, which was built in about 1911 for Ward Brown1 and has been preserved in excellent condition. It was the subject of a photo feature in the Gazette Times for October 12, 1913.

    Bungalow and Stone Fireplace
    Ward Brown bungalow and garage

    A garage that looks like it wants to be just like Daddy when it grows up.

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    Ward Brown bungalow
    Ward Brown bungalow
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