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Pittsburgh’s Mansions (Images of America)

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Within the 19th century, the positioning of Pittsburgh as a massive manufacturing center and the subsequent rise of the area’s steel industry created a wave of prosperity that prompted the beneficiaries of that wealth to construct extravagant residences. Rich enclaves sprang up Within the city’s East End, around the river in neighboring Allegheny City, and into the countryside. Pittsburgh’s Mansions explores the stately homes of the area’s prominent residents from the 1830s through the 1920s. Businessmen such as H.J. Heinz, Henry Clay Frick, and members of the Mellon circle of relatives commissioned elaborate homes from the preeminent architects of their day. Firms such as Alden & Harlow, Janssen & Abbott, and Rutan & Russell left their marks on the city’s landscape, continuously contributing iconic public buildings in addition to expansive private homes. Though among the residences have since been lost, Pittsburgh’s Mansions offers a look back on the peak of the city’s prominence.

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