Roughly bounded by Liberty Ave., Grant St., Forbes Ave., and Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Allegheny.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 17, 1985. NRIS 85003216.
22 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is composed of multiple late eighteenth-century buildings which illustrate "Pittsburgh's emergence during that period as a preeminent industrial and business center," according to Hyman Myers, the former chair of the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board.
Bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1985. Its boundaries were expanded on May 2, 2013.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997706