Houses near the Bloomfield Bridge

1951-02

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Houses near the Bloomfield Bridge
  • Title
  • Houses near the Bloomfield Bridge
  • Creator
  • Clyde Hare
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B030.F01.I06
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B030.F01.I06
  • Description
  • Bloomfield, encompassing approximately 381 acres and located about 3 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, most likely derived its name from the numerous wild flowers that bloomed in the fields there long ago. In 1850 Bloomfield had only 13 houses and starting in 1870, Joseph Conrad Winebiddle, a German immigrant and prominent landowner, developed this farmland into residential lots. German mill workers in nearby Lawrenceville purchased Winebiddle’s lots and built row houses and businesses that closely resembled structures in their native countries. Bloomfield, never considered a borough or municipality, was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1868 as part of Peebles Township.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bloomfield (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Stairs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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