Homestead Historic District

The Homestead Historic District is a historic district in Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead, Pennsylvania that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1990. It is the site of the Homestead Strike of 1892, when the Carnegie Steel Company under the leadership of Henry Clay Frick broke the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers union.[1][2]

Homestead Historic District
The Bost Building, built in 1892, on East Eighth Avenue, was AA union headquarters during the Homestead Strike that year.
LocationEighth Ave. area roughly bounded by Mesta, Sixth, Andrew, 11th and Walnuts Sts. and Doyle and Seventh Aves., Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates40°24′17″N 79°54′27″W
Area202 acres (82 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian, American Foursquare
NRHP reference No.90000696[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1990

It includes the Homestead Pennsylvania Railroad Station, which is separately listed on the NRHP, and the Bost Building, a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

It is located close to Pittsburgh.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. James, Earl D.; Walter Kidney; Lu Donnelly; Patricia Sands (1990). "Homestead Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2014.


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