Tag: North Lincoln Avenue (Allegheny West)

  • Second Empire Mansion in Allegheny West

    841 North Lincoln Avenue

    Built in about 1865, this grand house on North Lincoln Avenue is decorated in the highest Victorian manner, and the current owners have put much thought into the color scheme for painting the elaborate wood trim.

    Woodwork and lilacs
    Porch
    Porch woodwork
    Oriel

    Though it is hidden in the shadows between houses most of the day, this oriel is nevertheless festooned with decorative woodwork, including these ornate brackets:

    Bracket
    Lintel
    Dormer
    Dormering tower
    Second Empire mansion
    Front of the house in winter