The Point: Block House

CAPTION: The Block House of old Fort Pitt about
1890, as it appeared before its restoration. The Point at that
time was thickly populated.
NOTES: Additional views of the Block House show it
as it may have looked in 1764;
picturesquely when used as a dwelling;
somewhat ramshackle;
and under water in 1907.
PHOTOGRAPHER:   
DATE: c1890.
HEADING: Pittsburgh. Forts. Duquesne.
#: A959.
From the Collections of the Pennsylvania Department,
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Lorant Collection. 

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