Built by Capt. Peter Parchment (Perchment) for his daughter Mary and her husband, Hugh Forsythe, this house was moved from Wilkinsburg to Penn Avenue near St. Clair Street around 1840. In 1917, Thomas Mellon II moved the house to Penn and Negley Avenues and maintained it as a museum. The house was removed around 1948.<\/p>"},{"title":"Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 1905","alt":"","file":"East-Liberty-Station.jpg","caption":"
To serve the East End, the Pennsylvania Railroad constructed this two-platform, four track station on seven acres in 1905. The station was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness. Local commuter traffic ceased in 1953 and the station was demolished in 1963. The Village of Eastside shopping center currently occupies the site.<\/p>"},{"title":"Carnegie Library, East Liberty Branch, 1906","alt":"","file":"Carnegie-Library.jpg","caption":"
Located at Larimer Avenue and Station Street, this was the sixth neighborhood library branch built in Pittsburgh with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie. In 1969, this building was demolished as part of the East Liberty redevelopment project and relocated to a new building on South Whitfield Street.<\/p>"},{"title":"Lincoln Avenue Bridge, 1906","caption":"","alt":"","file":"Brilliant-Cutoff,-High-Bridge.jpg"},{"title":"Rittenhouse Hotel, 1908","caption":"
Located on North Highland Avenue at Kirkwood Street and built by William Rittenhouse Kuhn, the Rittenhouse Hotel featured a popular restaurant and ballroom. The building was designed in the Beaux Arts mode, popular at the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>","alt":"","file":"Rittenhouse-Hotel-2.jpg"},{"title":"Penn Avenue at Highland Avenue, c. 1910","caption":"","alt":"","file":"Penn-looking-East.jpg"}],"options":[{"layout_img_path":"img\/timeline\/layout","slideshow_img_path":"relatedImages"}]}