{"nrhp_refnum":"86000305","name":"House at 200 West North Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 W. North Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.457011296000076,"lon":-80.00875001999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Queen Anne house at the northwest corner of North Avenue and Arch Street in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh's North Side, with a rear carriage house. It was built c. 1890.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Pittsburgh's best examples of a Queen Anne townhouse, with an exceptionally intact interior. Its corner turret is an unusual use of a Queen Anne feature in a row of attached houses. It is also linked to the business life of Allegheny, as the home of a fire-brick company executive.","narrative":"Built around 1890 at the northwest corner of North Avenue and Arch Street in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh's North Side, this three-story brick house is a Queen Anne townhouse with a conical-roofed circular bay at its southeast corner. Its asymmetrical massing, ribbed chimneys, stained glass, gable dormers and elaborate wood porch set it apart from the plainer Victorian rowhouses beside it. Inside, a central hall, detailed woodwork, transomed French doors, marbleized mantels and an intact tiled kitchen survive largely unaltered. Jasper M. Porter, an executive with the Savage Fire-Brick Company, owned it from 1887 to 1903, and the house is regarded as showing how prosperous businessmen of Allegheny displayed success through architecture. Its corner turret is an unusual Queen Anne feature in a row of attached houses, and its interior integrity is rare in a district where most houses were subdivided. The building is currently being restored and converted to a bed and breakfast inn.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Being restored and converted to a bed and breakfast inn.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.649352-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86000305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000305/851458398f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000305/851458398f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_200_West_North_Avenue_comprehensive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_200_West_North_Avenue_comprehensive.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"08000845","name":"Mexican War Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/mexican-war-streets-historic-district-boundary-increase-08000845/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997670","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_200_West_North_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914073"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/house-at-200-west-north-avenue-86000305/"}