Homestead Historic District

Homestead Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. 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°WCoordinates: 40°24′17″N 79°54′27″W / 40.40472°N 79.90750°W
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.

Gallery

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  Homestead Pennsylvania Railroad Station, built circa 1890, on Amity Street in Homestead.

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  St. Mary Magdalene Church, built 1895, at 1008 Amity Street in Homestead.

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  Carnegie Library of Homestead, built in 1896, at 510 East 10th Avenue in Munhall.

References

1. National Park Service (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.