{"nrhp_refnum":"10000408","name":"Hamnett Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Rebecca Ave, rear property lines on the east side of Center St, Sewer Way, Lytle Way...","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilkinsburg","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.440211191500055,"lon":-79.88256287810509,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the borough of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, about nine miles east of downtown Pittsburgh. It contains 82 resources, mostly two- and two-and-one-half-story houses, along with apartment buildings and a few commercial buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a cohesive concentration of residential buildings in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, as typically expressed in the densely built middle-class streetcar suburbs of Pittsburgh. Its architecture is presented as the basis for its significance, with development tied to the borough's incorporation in 1887 and the arrival of electric streetcar lines in the 1890s.","narrative":"Residential streets of wood-frame and brick houses built largely between 1890 and 1910 make up the Hamnett Historic District in Wilkinsburg, a borough east of Pittsburgh. Most of the roughly 82 resources are two- or two-and-one-half-story houses in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, with some Classical Revival, Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts examples. Houses were set back behind front yards and terraced lawns, while apartment and commercial buildings sat near the sidewalk. The district developed after Wilkinsburg's incorporation in 1887 and was built up by about 1930, when construction stopped during the Great Depression. Its buildings were within walking distance of electric streetcar lines that linked the borough with East Liberty, downtown Pittsburgh and the industrial district of East Pittsburgh. The district is regarded as an intact example of a middle-class streetcar suburb of the period. Most of its buildings retain their historic character despite window replacements and other alterations.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1890-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Classical Revival; Tudor Revival; Arts and Crafts","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most resources contribute to the district; four vacant lots and a small number of noncontributing buildings are noted, and recent reinvestment and restoration are mentioned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.248683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/10000408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000408/980de4f149-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000408/980de4f149-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HamnettHistoricDistrict.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:HamnettHistoricDistrict.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002401","name":"Wilkinsburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/wilkinsburg-historic-district-100002401/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998746","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnett_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5645911"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/hamnett-historic-district-10000408/"}