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Fort Pitt Block House

The Fort Pitt Block House is a historic building in in the city of . It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of , making it the oldest extant structure in , as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the ".
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: structure built in support of the Pittsburgh fort
  • Also known as: “Bouquet’s Redoubt” and “Fort Pitt Blockhouse”
  • Address: PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Point State Park and Fort Pitt Museum.

Park
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is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres in , , , US, at the confluence of the and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.

Museum
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is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the in downtown Pittsburgh, , in the United States.

Stadium
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, formerly known as Heinz Field, is a located in the neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Fort Pitt Block House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Allegheny West.

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Downtown is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Neighborhood
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is a historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, 's . The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted in favor of designating the neighborhood as a city historic district in September 1989.

Neighborhood
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is a community within the larger neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.

Fort Pitt Block House

Latitude
40.44119° or 40° 26′ 28″ north
Longitude
-80.00982° or 80° 0′ 35″ west
Elevation
725 feet (221 metres)
Open location code
86GXCXRR+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 109499956
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Geo­Names ID
5190079
Wiki­data ID
Q5471838
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Pitt Block House”. Photo: Kevin Myers, CC BY-SA 3.0.