Father Pitt

Tag: Seminole Hills

  • More of Seminole Hills, Mount Lebanon

    134 Mohawk Drive

    We’ve seen some of the houses in Seminole Hills already, but we need no excuse to look at a few more. Like the other similar plans in Mount Lebanon, this one delights us with its wide variety of excellent designs.

    160 Mohawk Drive
    178 Mohawk Drive
    170 Mohawk Drive
    180 Mohawk Drive
    205 Mohawk Drive
    170 Mohawk Drive
    209 Mohawk Drive
    179 Mohawk Drive

    A demonstration of the variety of scales found in Mission Hills. Above, a grand mansion with a whole village of outbuildings; below, just around the corner, a modest but richly stony Cape Cod.

    5 Cherokee Place
    142 Mohawk Drive

    This typical Colonial, probably from the 1930s, has a typical little round window above the front door. But what do you do if you don’t want a window there anymore?

    142 Mohawk Drive

    Cameras: Sony Alpha 3000 with 7Artisans 35mm f/1.4 lens, except for the picture of the clock, which was taken with the Nikon COOLPIX P100.

  • Some Houses in Seminole Hills, Mount Lebanon

    55 Ordale Boulevard

    Domestic architecture veered strongly toward the fantastic in the 1920s and 1930s, as we can see in some of the houses in Seminole Hills, one of several 1920s suburban plans inspired by the success of Mission Hills in Mt. Lebanon. The house above is a perfect example of what old Pa Pitt classifies as the fairy-tale style in architecture.

    Once again, though, property owners hired their own architects, so a wonderful variety of styles is represented in the neighborhood.

    60 Ordale Boulevard
    74 Standish Boulevard
    76 Standish Boulevard
    80 Standish Boulevard
    86 Standish Boulevard
    90 Standish Boulevard
    90 Standish Boulevard