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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RU_buhl-planetarium-and-institute-of-popular-science_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkChildren's Museum of PittsburghOriginally Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular ScienceIngham and Boyd, architects, 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RT_allegheny-post-office_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkChildren's Museum of PittsburghOriginally Allegheny Post OfficeWilliam M. Aiken, Architect 1894-97
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RS_saint-peter-roman-catholic-church_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Historic LandmarkSaint Peter Roman Catholic Church 1872-74Andrew Peebles, Architect
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13G3_allegheny-county-soldiers-monument_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Erected to the memory of the 4,000 brave men of Allegheny County. Who fell in the great struggle to maintain the integrity of our union. The eye of God rests upon their graves even when unmarked by man. And their sleeping dust shall arise in the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12EQ_union-local-471-american-federation-of-musicians_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was at the forefront of the jazz world in the mid-20th century, and jazz greats Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, and George B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1174_billy-eckstine_Pittsburgh-PA.html
African American jazz balladeer and bandleader whose innovative style and sponsorship of new talent helped revolutionize jazz in the 1940s. One of the nation's most popular vocalists, he had 11 gold records. He grew up in this house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6M_greenlee-field_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Located here from 1932 to 1938, this was the first African American owned stadium in the Negro Leagues. Home of Gus Greenlee's Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team, 1935 Negro League champs. Players included Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6L_daisy-e-lampkin_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Outstanding as an NAACP organizer, Mrs. Lampkin was its National Field Secretary, 1935-47. President, Lucy Stone Civic League, 1915-65. A charter member, National Council of Negro Women, and Vice President, The Pittsburgh Courier. She lived here u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4K_polish-army_Pittsburgh-PA.html
At hall on this site on April 3, 1917, a speech by I. J. Paderewski to delegates at convention of the Polish Falcons began the movement to recruit a Polish army in the United States to fight in Europe with Allies for creating an independent Poland.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYW_august-wilson_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Co-founder of Pittsburgh's Black Horizon Theater and the author of a cycle of ten plays that have been hailed as a unique triumph in American literature. The plays cover each decade of the 20th century and most focus on African American life in th…