{"nrhp_refnum":"07001327","name":"Try Street Terminal","other_names":["Keystone Grocery Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600-620 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.43765054600004,"lon":-79.99513325499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven and nine story concrete warehouse with brick cladding on the south side of downtown Pittsburgh, at Try Street and 2nd Avenue, built as a storage and distribution terminal. It was completed in 1921 for the Rea family's estate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion C for its concrete mushroom-column construction and its urban prominence as one of the largest storage warehouses in Pittsburgh. It is tied to the city's rail freight system, the Rea & Company business, and early twentieth-century planning efforts such as the Olmsted proposals and the Boulevard of the Allies.","narrative":"Completed in 1921 on Try Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues in downtown Pittsburgh, this seven and nine story warehouse was built of structural concrete faced with brick. Its flat slab floors rest on mushroom columns, a system that gave clear ceiling height for storage. The building was the largest storage warehouse in the city, commissioned after the estate of Henry Rea, Jr. advertised for bids in 1919. Its construction followed the replacement of the Panhandle Bridge in 1913, which removed a grade crossing at 2nd Avenue. Rail sidings ran across its western side, and freight loading bays lined its south and east elevations. Early tenants included the Keystone Grocery & Tea Company, which occupied the lower floors. The building is significant for its concrete engineering and for its role in Pittsburgh's freight and storage system.","period_of_significance":"1921","architect_builder":"Bernard H. Prack, Industrial Architect and Engineer","architectural_style":"Commercial utilitarian style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated from late 2005 through mid 2007 and certified by the National Park Service as meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.099888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07001327.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001327/2a1e9b09fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001327/2a1e9b09fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TryStreetTerminal.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TryStreetTerminal.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997636","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_Street_Terminal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7848420"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/try-street-terminal-07001327/"}