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Summer 2017 Newsletter
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2003 House Tour

You will enjoy touring the beautifully restored homes, churches and the Allegheny Observatory located in Observatory Hill, one of the Northside’s best kept neighborhood secrets. The common quality shared by the homes on this year's tour is the homeowners’ commitment to preservation. Each home displays a loving concern for detail and the unique solutions to those “old house” problems. Two of the homes currently being rehabbed by the OHI Housing Initiative will be open for viewing. Come and be inspired by their hard work and accomplishments! A free trolley service will be provided along the route of the tour.
103 Marshall Avenue

103 Marshall Avenue


103 and 133 Marshall Avenue. These two magnificent turn of the century homes have undergone a tremendous transformation. Observatory Hill, Inc., the non-profit community group which represents the neighborhood of Observatory Hill, has renovated these two structures... Read more...
 
133 Marshall Avenue

133 Marshall Avenue


The History of 103 and 133 Marshall Avenue. May 19, 1892, the heirs of William S. Bissell registered the Mayfield Plan of Lots with the City of Allegheny (Plan Book Volume 12, pages 186-7). On September 1, 1898, Rufus and Emma Martin, and Samuel and Anna Evans purc... Read more...
 
158 Watson Boulevard

158 Watson Boulevard


Jasun and Barbara have worked as a team renovating 158 Watson since moving in almost five years ago. Together they have knocked down walls; hung drywall; stripped all the first floor woodwork, including the stairs, of its flat green paint; designed and built the ki... Read more...
 
3 Marshall Road

3 Marshall Road


Home of Marc Reisman & Barbara Davis Glynn. Benjamin P. Welsch, an Allegheny City pharmacist with a shop on Federal Street, hired the Keeley & Reefer Construction Co. to build No. 3 Fairview Avenue (three names and 20 years later this became Marshall Road). Constru... Read more...
 
305 Richey Avenue

305 Richey Avenue


This frame house, painted with multiple shades of Victorian green, was built at the turn of the century and rehabilitated by Paul Moser in 1996. Paul, who has completed several homes in Observatory Hill, was careful to preserve the natural woodwork and Victorian am... Read more...
 
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