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Tag: Second Avenue

  • Odd Fellows Lodge, Hazelwood

    Odd Fellows lodge

    W. Ward Williams was the architect of this fine hall, built in 1912 for the local lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows. Like most lodge halls, it was built with the meeting hall upstairs, so that the ground floor could be given over to rent-paying storefronts. The building has been neatly restored and is now home to Community Kitchen Pittsburgh.

    I. O. O. F.
    Three-link chain

    The three-link chain is the emblem of the Odd Fellows.

    Front of the building
    Odd Fellows lodge
    From down Second Avenue
    Fujifilm FinePix HS10.

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  • Ruud Building

    This was the place where the marvelous Ruud water heaters were produced. We take hot running water for granted today, but in this 1908 catalogue, the novelty is brought out in the “instructions” at the front of the book:

    COMPLETE DIRECTIONS

    Note carefully the instructions
    for operating the Ruud
    Water Heater

    “TURN THE FAUCET”

    You may add hot water in your home to the list of innovations for which Pittsburgh is responsible.