{"nrhp_refnum":"12000984","name":"Schenley Farms Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4400 Centre Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.453278873000045,"lon":-79.95338028199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story apartment building, Bellefield Dwellings, on a half-acre parcel at the northeast edge of the Schenley Farms neighborhood in the North Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1904 and designed by New York architect Carlton Strong.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for community planning because it was developed as luxury housing serving Franklin F. Nicola's planned civic and residential neighborhood, and for architecture because it is an intact example of Italian Renaissance Revival apartment design. It was the first high-rise apartment building in the area and remained its most luxurious.","narrative":"Bellefield Dwellings is a ten-story apartment building on Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh's North Oakland neighborhood, completed in 1904 to a design by New York architect Carlton Strong. Its red brick facades are ornamented with limestone and terra cotta, including belt courses, quoins, rusticated piers, bracketed cornices and projecting balconies. A back-to-back E-shaped plan admitted light into the apartments. Built for the Schenley Farms development led by Franklin F. Nicola, it was the first high-rise apartment house in the city and was intended for professionals and upper-income residents who worked at nearby institutions. The building is significant for its planning role in Nicola's City Beautiful neighborhood and for its Italian Renaissance Revival architecture. It has undergone few alterations and retains its original masonry, siting and main entrance.","period_of_significance":"1898-1940","architect_builder":"Carlton Strong (architect)","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains its original exterior materials and appearance, with few alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.154401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/12000984.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997724","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/schenley-farms-historic-district-boundary-increase-12000984/"}