Tours & Events
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Questions or comments regarding tours should be directed to Mary Lu Denny @ 1-412-471-5808. Reservations for these events are limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If your organization is a member of Landmarks, email Ron Yochum at ron@phlf.org to be listed in our Tours & Events listing. |
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Whirlwind Downtown Walking Tour
Edited by Louise King Sturgess, Albert M. Tannler, and David J. Vater, RA A selection of architectural landmarks and public spaces in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh
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Completed in 1886 to the designs of Boston architect H.H. Richardson and in use until July 27, 1995, the former Allegheny County Jail was renovated between 1999 and 2001 to house the Family Division of the Allegheny County Court of Common Please. A portion of one of the cell blocks has been preserved as the "Old Allegheny County Jail Museum." The Jail Museum was created throgh a grant from the Drue Heinz Trust to PHLF. The Jail Museum is adjacent to the main rotunda. This is a self-guided tour, although a docent is available to answer questions and provide information.
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Grant Street Walking Tour
Grant Street Walking Tour
Grant Street Walking Tour
Grant Street Walking Tour
Grant Street Walking Tour
The Landmarks Scholarship Award Fundraiser Event PHLF will be celebrating and building support for the Landmarks Scholarship Program that provides financial assistance to City and County students attending college who have demonstrated a love for the Pittsburgh region and excel as students and citizens in their communities. We will tour the Abrams House (designed by Robert Venturi, 1979-82) and the Neeper House (c. 1903), both on Woodland Road, and enjoy a reception in the Andrew W. Mellon Hall at Chatham University. Remarks at 6:30 p.m. in the Mellon Board Room, Andrew W. Mellon Mansion, Chatham University Speakers will include:
Light refreshments will be served throughout the event This event will be publicized through local media sources and will be open to the public. PHLF invites its members and friends. Reservations are required.
Oakland’s Civic Center: Big Gifts & Big Dreams
Bridges and More Walking Tour
Oakland’s Civic Center: Big Gifts & Big Dreams
Bridges and More Walking Tour
Oakland’s Civic Center: Big Gifts & Big Dreams
Bridges and More Walking Tour
Landmarks to Honor Bill Virdon at PNC Park at June 25th Heritage Society Recognition Event Commemorating 1960 World Series
To memorialize that historic game, Landmarks helped to preserve the outfield wall of Forbes Field. To commemorate that historic event, we’ve reserved the left field deck of PNC Park for the June 25th Pirates Yankees game for our annual Landmarks Heritage Society Recognition Event where Bill Virdon will be honored for his 11-year defense of that outfield wall. Each year, we recognize individual donors who have made a gift of at least $1,000, included Landmarks in their estate plan or made us a beneficiary of a planned gift. This year, because the June 25th game is a sellout, we’ve made it possible to purchase tickets for up to 100 Heritage Society guests with proceeds being directed to our preservation efforts. Heritage Society members may attend as our guests. The cost for Landmarks members is $125; $150 for non-members. Tickets are limited. To reserve your place, or for more information, please contact Jack Miller at 412-471-5808, ext. 538 or jack@phlf.org as soon as possible. Admission includes a ticket to the game, the chance to meet Bill Virdon, and outstanding on-deck pre-game dinner of southern fried chicken, slow roasted barbecue ribs grilled corn on the cob, baked pepper jack macaroni & cheese, peach salad, watermelon platter, peach cobbler with vanella ice cream and assorted beverages. Landmarks’ President Arthur Ziegler will also give his annual “State of Local Preservation” update, and there will be a brief presentation on the condition of the economy by Alan Greenberg and Matt Thompson, Senior and Associate VPs respectively with Morgan Stanley of Great Neck, NY, our event sponsor. For our out-of-town guests, we’re also planning a two-hour afternoon Molly’s Trolley tour to showcase some of Landmarks’ recent preservation efforts. It took the Yankees 48 years to return to Pittsburgh, chances are you won’t have another opportunity like this. Don’t miss it!
Oakland’s Civic Center: Big Gifts & Big Dreams
Bridges and More Walking Tour
Penn and Liberty Walking Tour
West Overton Museums In what was one of the region’s earliest preservation efforts, Helen Clay Frick began acquiring buildings in West Overton in 1922 connected with her family’s history and founded a historical society to operate and maintain the site. West Overton Village is the only pre-Civil War Village still in existence today. Visit the Overholt Homestead, Distillery Museum, and birthplace of Henry C. Frick.
Penn and Liberty Walking Tour
Penn and Liberty Walking Tour
4th Avenue Walking Tour
4th Avenue Walking Tour
4th Avenue Walking Tour
4th Avenue Walking Tour
4th Avenue Walking Tour
5th And Forbes Walking Tour
Scottish Glass in Pittsburgh Scottish stained glass artist Rona Moody will tell us about her internationally-accessible website of over 200 Scottish stained glass artists and share insights on the glass craft and the 20th-century stained glass window in the East Liberty chapel designed and made by fellow Scot, Henry Wynd Young. A tour of the church, designed by Ralph Adams Cram and dedicated in 1935, will follow.
5th And Forbes Walking Tour
5th And Forbes Walking Tour
Four Oakland Landmarks We’ll go inside Mellon Institute, Alumni Hall (formerly the Masonic Temple), the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ National Military Museum and Memorial, whose cornerstone was laid in 1908, on the occasion of the city’s 150th anniversary.
5th And Forbes Walking Tour
Butler, PA: A Neighboring County Seat with Pittsburgh Connections Sites we plan to visit include the Butler County Courthouse of 1886 (James P. Bailey of Pittsburgh); St. Paul’s R.C. Church of 1911 (John T. Comes of Pittsburgh, with extraordinary stained glass windows designed by Leo Thomas of Munich); and Victorian structures in the downtown Butler National Register Historic District.
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We offer a wide variety of tours and events from walking tours of downtown and historic neighborhoods to motorcoach and air trips to historic cities and historic gardens throughout North America. In addition to our tours, we hold a variety of special events which are related to historic preservation, town planning, and the designed environment. Whether you choose to travel by minibus, coach, or foot, you’ll find the Pittsburgh region fascinating to explore. Our guides can board your vehicle, or we can arrange a complete tour package (including transportation) for a group of any size. Three-hour tours or all-day events can be arranged by calling Landmarks’ tour director at least three weeks in advance of the requested tour date. Tour fees vary according to group size and program -format. Possible tour themes include architectural landmarks of a particular time period or architect; parks, gardens, and sculpture; historic mansions or rowhouses; and notable engineering works. * Schools that are members of Landmarks receive a 50% discount per student on the tour fee. |
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Specialized Architectural Tours
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All-City Tour
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H.H. Richardson’s Allegheny County Courthouse
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Historic Woodville Plantation House Tour
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Ethnic Neighborhoods & Religious Properties
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Downtown Pittsburgh Walking Tour
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Transportation Tour
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School Tours
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Downtown Dragons… and Other City Creatures
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Strip District Stroll
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Urban Survival: Revitalizing Downtown
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The Renaissance: From Italy to Oakland
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Main Street Match in Mt. Lebanon
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Pittsburgh Pilgrimage
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Pittsburgh Connections to Ancient Civilizations
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Whirlwind Downtown Walking Tour
The last time the New York Yankees visited Pittsburgh was on October 13, 1960 when they were defeated by the Pirates in the seventh game of the most exciting World Series ever. That day, Pirate centerfielder Bill Virdon made two game-saving defensive plays and later hit a ground ball off the neck of Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek that laid the groundwork for Bill Mazeroski’s game winning homerun in the next inning.