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BLOCK HOUSE, BUILT 1764, PITTSBURGH, PA.
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FORT PITT BLOCK HOUSE
(Penn Ave. near the Point)
The Block House, all that remains of the
original Fort Pitt built in 1759, stands as the
last reminder of those stirring days between
1753 and 1758 when French, Indian, British,
and Colonial troops struggled for possession
of this prized region. The name was sug.
gested by Washington in honor of William
Pitt.
MINSKY FROS. & Co., PUBLISHING DIVISION, PITTSBURGH, PA.
"C.T.ART-COLORTONE'' REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
