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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM197I_protest-against-removing-war-munitions_Pittsburgh-PA.html
On this siteA mass meeting was held December 27th, 1860 to protest against removing war munitions from the Allegheny Arsenal to the south.The order was countermanded by president James Buchanan.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM197G_kaufmanns-department-store-and-clock_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkKaufmann's Dept. Store and ClockBuilt 1898 Charles Bickel ArchitectAddition 1913 Janssen & Abbot Architects
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M8_county-office-building_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkCounty Office BuildingStanley L. Roush, architect1929-31
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M6_epiphany-roman-catholic-church_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkEpiphany Roman Catholic Church1904Edward Stotz, ArchitectJohn T. Comes, Interior Designer
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NY_bessemer-converter_Pittsburgh-PA.html
This 10-ton Bessemer Converter was originally installed at the A. M. Byers Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Engineering Corporation at its New Castle, Pennsylvania, plant in 1930, and was one of the last commercial…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12EQ_union-local-471-american-federation-of-musicians_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was at the forefront of the jazz world in the mid-20th century, and jazz greats Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, and George B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6M_greenlee-field_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Located here from 1932 to 1938, this was the first African American owned stadium in the Negro Leagues. Home of Gus Greenlee's Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team, 1935 Negro League champs. Players included Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6L_daisy-e-lampkin_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Outstanding as an NAACP organizer, Mrs. Lampkin was its National Field Secretary, 1935-47. President, Lucy Stone Civic League, 1915-65. A charter member, National Council of Negro Women, and Vice President, The Pittsburgh Courier. She lived here u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYW_august-wilson_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Co-founder of Pittsburgh's Black Horizon Theater and the author of a cycle of ten plays that have been hailed as a unique triumph in American literature. The plays cover each decade of the 20th century and most focus on African American life in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYV_art-blakey_Pittsburgh-PA.html
A founder of the "hard-bop" school of jazz, drummer Blakey grew up here, and got his start with Billy Eckstine's band. Blakey's group, "The Jazz Messengers," featured Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver, and Wynton Marsalis. He was awarded…
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