621--623 East Eighth Avenue, Homestead Borough, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Allegheny.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 20, 1999. NRIS 99000627.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Bost Building, also known as Columbia Hotel, is located on East Eighth Avenue (PA 837) in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States. Built just before the 1892 Homestead Strike, it was used as headquarters by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and for reporters covering the confrontation. It is the only significant building associated with the strike that remains intact. It is a contributing property to the Homestead Historic District. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1999.
After some use as a rooming house and hotel, today it serves as the headquarters and visitor center for the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994213