Homestead Historic District, Homestead

Name: Homestead Historic District
Address: Homestead, United States

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The Homestead Historic District is a historic district in Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead, Pennsylvania that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is the site of the Homestead Strike of 1892, when the Carnegie Steel Company under the leadership of Henry Clay Frick broke the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers union. ()

Built: 1892 (133 years ago)Coordinates: 40°24'17"N, 79°54'27"W

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Homestead Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sandcastle Waterpark, The Waterfront, Homestead Grays Bridge, Bost Building.

1.3 miSW
Water park, Amusement park
Sandcastle Waterpark, Homestead
34 min walk • Sandcastle is a water park located in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Homestead. The park is located on a 67-acre piece of land along the banks of the Monongahela River.
0.5 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Waterfront, Homestead
13 min walk • The Waterfront is a super-regional open air shopping mall spanning the three boroughs of Homestead, West Homestead, and Munhall near Pittsburgh. The shopping mall sits on land once occupied by U.S. Steel's Homestead Steel Works plant, which closed in 1986.
0.7 miNW
Bridge
Homestead Grays Bridge, Pittsburgh
20 min walk • The Homestead Grays Bridge, also known as the High Level Bridge, was built in 1936 and spans the Monongahela River between Homestead Borough and the southernmost tip of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
~1770 ftNE
Museum
Bost Building, Homestead
9 min walk • The Bost Building, also known as Columbia Hotel, is located on East Eighth Avenue 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.
~1550 ftNE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Carnegie Library of Homestead, Homestead
8 min walk • The Carnegie Library of Homestead is a public library founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1898. It is one of 2,509 Carnegie libraries worldwide; 1,689 built in the United States. It was the sixth library commissioned by Carnegie in the U.S. and the seventh to open.
0.5 miNW
40°24'32"N • 79°54'54"W
Pittsburgh Improv Comedy Club, Homestead
13 min walk • Comedy club, Nightlife, Concerts and shows
~1220 ftNE
40°24'27"N • 79°54'18"W
Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Homestead
6 min walk • Museum
1.3 miSW
Bridge
Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge, Pittsburgh
35 min walk • The Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge is a truss bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which carries Allegheny Valley Railroad's W&P Subdivision over the Monongahela River. The span was constructed in 1884 and upgraded in 1915.
1.3 miNW
Cemetery
Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh
34 min walk • Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre tract. The first official interment occurred in 1888, though there are graves with earlier dates.
0.4 miSW
40°24'6"N • 79°54'50"W
St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Homestead
11 min walk • Church
1.1 miN
Neighbourhood
Swisshelm Park, Pittsburgh
29 min walk • Swisshelm Park is a neighborhood located in the southeast corner of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Corey O'Connor. Swisshelm Park houses PBF 19 Engine, and is covered by PBP Zone 4 and the Bureau of EMS Medic 7. A majority of Swisshelm Park is largely surrounded by Frick Park.

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Nearby attractions include Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Homestead (6 min walk), Carnegie Library of Homestead, Homestead (8 min walk), Bost Building, Homestead (9 min walk), St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Homestead (11 min walk).

Homestead Historic District, Homestead

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Homestead Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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