{"nrhp_refnum":"85003506","name":"Schenley Park","other_names":["Schenley Park Historic District","See Also:Phipps Conservatory"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Schenley Dr. and Panther Hollow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.436635250500046,"lon":-79.94718725901325,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Schenley Park is a 456-acre urban park and historic district in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill areas of Pittsburgh's East End, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was created in 1889 from land given by heiress Mary Schenley, with planning led by Pittsburgh Public Works Director E. M. Bigelow.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park is Pittsburgh's best example of late 19th-century park-building, designed in the romantic landscape tradition and adapted to the city's rugged terrain. It holds a range of contributing buildings, bridges, sculpture and stonework, and its creation helped spur the adjoining Schenley Farms development. The park is also presented as a record of the era's concern for urban living conditions.","narrative":"Schenley Park is a 456-acre public park in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill areas of Pittsburgh, laid out beginning in 1889 after heiress Mary Schenley gave land to the city. Public Works Director E. M. Bigelow led the planning, and the roads and trails were built between 1890 and 1895. The park's landscape was shaped to look natural through grading, tree and shrub planting, and curving roads, with Panther Hollow and Panther Hollow Lake at its center. Bridges crossing the ravines include steel and stone spans completed in 1897 and 1898, and tufa stone bridges built in 1908. Phipps Conservatory, completed in 1892 and 1893 with growing houses added in 1896, is the park's most notable building. Sculptures commemorate figures such as George Westinghouse and E. M. Bigelow. The district is valued for its picturesque design and as an example of the urban park movement of the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1889-1910","architect_builder":"E. M. Bigelow","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The park continues in use for recreation; the document notes several early structures are no longer extant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.138879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85003506.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003506/46593cd5ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003506/46593cd5ef-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchenleyPark1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchenleyPark1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenley_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7431177"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/schenley-park-85003506/"}