Houses at 2501–2531 Charles Street
Houses at 2501–2531 Charles Street | |
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| Location | 2501–2531 North Charles Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′1.6″N 80°1′6.73″W / 40.467111°N 80.0185361°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | William A. Stone |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003084[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 1984 |
The houses at 2501–2531 Charles Street, which are located in the Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, were built in 1885.
History and architectural features
[edit]This row of homes originally included twenty-five nearly identical houses, which were thirteen feet wide and thirty-five feet deep. All but two of the buildings survive. They each have two rooms on the first floor, a parlor and a kitchen, and two bedrooms on the second floor. A third bedroom comprises the third floor behind the mansard roof. The houses rise gradually with the street, stepping up about two feet every fifth house. Every fifth house also has a large decorative gable over the mansard roof.[2]
These row houses were built by William A. Stone, who later became governor of Pennsylvania. In 1887 Stone built a similar set of rowhouses on Brightridge Street. The Charles Street row was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patricia; Charles H. Uhl (1983). "2501-32 Charles Street" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
