Mexican War Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Closely built brick and stone houses on a narrow urban grid north of the Allegheny River mark this residential district on Pittsburgh's North Side. The streets were platted in 1848 in the Buena Vista Extension, named for generals and battles of the Mexican War, and most houses were built between then and about 1930. The boundary increase adds 317 buildings, 303 of them houses or apartment buildings, along Monterey, Armandale, Sherman, Veto and Arch Streets. Their architecture spans Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Classical Revival styles. The district is listed for its concentration of these styles, which together show the taste of the community across the nineteenth century. Roughly three-quarters of the buildings are brick or stone, and about 15 percent have mansard roofs. Revitalization efforts beginning in the late 1960s helped preserve the older core.