Homestead Historic District

Homestead Historic District

The Bost Building, built in 1892, on East Eighth Avenue, was AA union headquarters during the Homestead Strike that year.
Location Eighth Ave. area roughly bounded by Mesta, Sixth, Andrew, 11th and Walnuts Sts. and Doyle and Seventh Aves., Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates 40°24′17″N 79°54′27″W / 40.40472°N 79.90750°W / 40.40472; -79.90750Coordinates: 40°24′17″N 79°54′27″W / 40.40472°N 79.90750°W / 40.40472; -79.90750
Area 202 acres (82 ha)
Built 1892
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Late Victorian, American Foursquare
NRHP Reference # 90000696[1]
Added to NRHP May 10, 1990

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 (NRHP) 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.[1][2]

It includes the Homestead Pennsylvania Railroad Station, which is separately listed on the NRHP, and the Bost Building, a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

It is located close to Pittsburgh.

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. James, Earl D.; Walter Kidney; Lu Donnelly; Patricia Sands (1990). "Homestead Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2014.


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