{"nrhp_refnum":"11001066","name":"Mexican War Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by W. North Ave. & Reddour, Eloise & Federal Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.457909666000035,"lon":-80.03508461299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-block boundary increase to the Mexican War Streets Historic District in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, containing ten two- to four-story buildings and two vacant lots along West North Avenue, Reddour Street and Federal Street. The buildings date from about 1870 to 1915.","why_significant":"The block was left out of the earlier boundary increase by mistake and shares the original district's character of mixed commercial and residential buildings. Its buildings display four architectural styles from the late 19th to early 20th century, and most retain their original form and features. Two buildings and two vacant lots are noncontributing because of major alterations or loss of original fabric.","narrative":"Ten buildings of two to four stories line one block in Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets neighborhood, bounded by West North Avenue, Reddour Street, Eloise Street and Federal Street. Built roughly between 1870 and 1915, they mix shops on the ground floor with apartments, a boarding house, a Masonic Hall and a movie theater. The Garden Theater at 10-14 West North Avenue, designed in 1915 by Thomas H. Scott, has white and green glazed terra cotta and Doric pilasters. The 1893 Masonic Hall at 16-20 West North Avenue, by the Pittsburgh firm Bartberger and East, is the largest building on the block and has foliated limestone piers. The Bradberry Apartments at 1112-1116 Reddour Street, designed around 1905 by Frederick J. Osterling, are of tan and red brick with limestone detailing. The buildings show four styles: Italianate, Second Empire, Richardsonian Romanesque and Classical Revival. Most retain original features such as cornices, window heads and stone piers, and two buildings are noncontributing because of major alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Bartberger & East (16-20 West North Avenue); Frederick J. Osterling (1112-1116 Reddour Street); Thomas H. Scott (10-14 West North Avenue)","architectural_style":"Italianate, Second Empire, Richardsonian Romanesque, Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Several buildings were vacated or closed in the late 20th century; most retain original fabric, and some storefronts have been altered or covered with plywood.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.45287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/11001066.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997774","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/mexican-war-streets-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-11001066/"}