We already saw the David Roney mansion; here are a few more houses on Judges’ Row, the line of mansions facing Riverview Park in Observatory Hill. Many of them can hardly be seen in the months when the leaves are on the trees, so we visited them in the late winter.
The architects of this striking Tudor mansion on Judges’ Row (as this stretch of fine houses facing Riverview Park is still called in the neighborhood) were Allison & Allison, who also designed the Watson Memorial Presbyterian Church up the street. The Gazette for September 5, 1905, printed an illustration of the house with this description:
One of the most attractive houses started in Allegheny this summer is the residence of David Roney in Perrysville Avenue, which was designed by Architects Allison & Allison. The house is a good model of the English style of architecture, having the first story of gray brick and the second of plaster with half timber construction. A large brick porch adds considerably to the outward appearance. The residence will cost about $20,000.
