America’s fanciest mansion is at home on Chatham’s campus
Jan 30, 2023 · At one point, this house was one of the fanciest mansions in America. It included an intercom and elevator far before that was the norm. A.W. Mellon, who was once one of the richest men in the...
Gilded Age magnates were squires of Squirrel Hill - Off the Bluff
Andrew Mellon’s estate is one of the few to survive the Great Depression. Donated to the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in 1941, the imposing brick mansion is tucked among leafy trees on Woodland Road, a …
Historic Pittsburgh Mansions of the Golden Age
Built by powerhouse business tycoons with names like Mellon, Westinghouse, Heinz and Frick, Pittsburgh’s Golden Age mansions tell an important story about the history of Pennsylvania’s Steel City.
Architecture: Pittsburgh history in 10 houses - TribLIVE.com
Aug 29, 2015 · Mellon mansion, 1897 and 1917. The most famous of our town's early industrialists — George Westinghouse, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and H.J. Heinz among them — built mansions in...
5 Historic Shadyside Homes Still Occupied Today - doSh
Feb 5, 2017 · Names like Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, and Henry Clay Frick had amassed fortunes from the rise of steel and manufacturing. Shadyside and the East End had emerged as Pittsburgh’s most affluent suburb, and home to many of these industrialists. Spectacular mansions were built for these families.
What the Frick, Mellon? - Pittsburgh Magazine
Feb 3, 2012 · The 65-room mansion of Richard B. Mellon, brother of Andrew Mellon, built at 6500 Fifth Avenue in 1910: The Richard B. Mellons raised two children in that "house," which included a bowling alley in the basement and a carriage house.
History of the Mansions on Fifth Hotel in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh preservationists, husband and wife Mary Del Brady and Richard Pearson, acquired both houses of the former McCook estate from Emil and Marie Bonavita for $1.5 million. Their idea was to redevelop the property into a boutique hotel and event center.
Andrew W. Mellon bought this... - Stuff Thats Gone - Facebook
Andrew Mellon was a prominent banker in Pittsburgh and also a member of the College's Board of Trustees. The mansion on Woodland Road was built in 1887 by George McCully Laughlin, the son of James Laughlin of J&L Steel Company.
Old mansion on Fifth at site of Mellon Park : r/pittsburgh - Reddit
Jan 17, 2021 · Apparently it only stood for 30 years and was torn down in 1941. Why are there no other pictures of it anywhere? That looks like the garden that is still in Mellon Park. If so, that's awesome. It's such a chill spot; It makes sense, but I hadn't realized it belonged to an estate. Edit: I thought it was the walled garden, but it's the Rose Garden.
Andrew Mellon Building - American Aristocracy - HouseHistree
Longtime U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, occupied the top floor and as perhaps its most distinguished resident the building is named for him today, or is otherwise known as the "McCormick Apartments"....
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