Mexican War Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase II)

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.