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Former Carnegie Library - Wylie Avenue Branch 1911 Wylie Ave., Pittsburgh

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Former Carnegie Library - Wylie Avenue Branch 1911 Wylie Ave., Pittsburgh

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The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has been an anchor in the Hill District community since the first location on Wylie Avenue opened in 1899 and is known around its community. The Community Archive is housed at CLP – Hill District. It contains neighborhood-focused newspaper articles, photographs and other historical items. Coverage is strongest from 1930 –1990. The Hill District supports this neighborhood in transition through a combination of educational and recreational services and programming. More than 700 community members took the opportunity to tour and enjoy their new neighborhood location at the Library’s grand opening and community celebration. The celebration began with a book processional that delivered August Wilson’s Radio Golf, the last book housed at the area’s former Library on Dinwiddie Street, to its new home on Centre Avenue. The library contents vary to African American Pittsburgh History to Arts and Culture: music, cultural activities and fine arts the library is still open to this day holding most of its historical content.

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Old Central High School Site/ Connelley Skill Center 1501 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh

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Old Central High School Site/ Connelley Skill Center 1501 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh

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The old Central highschool site/ Connelly Skill Center Opened in 1931 as an all boys high school and vocational school for whites and blacks, this school was especially beneficial to blacks, who did not have other similar educational options. It was one of the few of its kind for blacks in Allegheny County during the 1930s and 1940s. Dr. John Glasgow Turfley, Allegheny County's first registered black doctor, was among the first black graduates of Old Central High School. This school was created as a safe place for the black community to practice their craft and make lots of prospects from the school, the school still stands marking itself known in the history of pittsburgh.

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New Granada Theater 2009-13 Center Ave., Pittsburgh

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New Granada Theater 2009-13 Center Ave., Pittsburgh

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The New Granada Theater, an art deco former movie house, built in 1927, is located at 2009-13 Center Avenue in the Hill District. The movie theater occupied the first floor, and on the second floor was the Savoy Ballroom which was used for performances by such musicians as Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway, and other eminent performers of the time. The creator/founder of New Granada Theater is  Charles Teenie Harris.The sign on the theater marquee reads: PLAY SEENO EVERY SAT-NITE. a fire truck stands by the curb. In the background is a sign for Rosen's Beer Liquor Wine Dine" and the 85 Bedford trolley. A police man patrols the sidewalk and a crowd gathers in the street." The building was remodeled in 1937 and 1938 by Alfred M. Marks, and it became a movie theater as well as a place for live entertainment, music and dancing but now the theater is permanently closed.

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Center Avenue YMCA Center Avenue and Francis Street, Pittsburgh

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Center Avenue YMCA Center Avenue and Francis Street, Pittsburgh

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In 1922, the Center Avenue YMCA Building located at 2621 Center Avenue was built in the Middle Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. . A sign on the building says the following: "Center Avenue YMCA - This building was erected in 1922 to house the only YMCA for African-Americans in Western Pennsylvania. The Center Avenue YMCA served not only as one of the only recreational facilities for African-Americans from the 1920s through the 1950s, but was also a center of social and cultural life in the community, and was famous for free symposiums held here during the 1930s and '40s with nationally prominent African-Americans. Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission. Marker dedicated 1994." The YMCA building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 and it was also added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on August 8th, 1995. The YMCA closed its operations in the facility in the late 2000s.Housing opened Center Avenue Housing in 2021 after extensive restoration and renovation was completed and can be home to 74 residents.

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West Funeral Home 2215 Wylie Ave., Pittsburgh

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West Funeral Home 2215 Wylie Ave., Pittsburgh

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Karen West Butler is the third-gen funeral director, Karen West Butler has kept her family business flourishing. Over 83 years the West family has their community, and Karen has proven herself to be a powerful trailblazer and a pillar of society.     West Funeral Home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located in Hill District within walking distance from downtown. They have a knowledgeable, professional staff ready to comfort and guide families through this difficult time. West Funeral Home offers a complete range of services to Pittsburgh,PA and surrounding area, from full funeral services to cremations and memorial services, and they are experienced in honoring many faiths and customs. Equipped with four clapels The West Funeral Home is one of the largest funeral homes in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Their goal is to support you through every step of your arrangement and to pay tribute to the special memory of your loved ones.

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Joshua (Josh) Gibson (1911-1947)2217 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh

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Joshua (Josh) Gibson (1911-1947)2217 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh

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Gibson was known as “the black Babe Ruth '' of his time, He is credited with hitting almost 800 home runs. Gibson was seen as being a really good player during his time and inspired a lot of people during this time because even though there was so much discrimination during that time he still went to prove to others he was good.The Negro leagues generally found it more profitable to schedule relatively few league games and allow the teams to earn extra money through barnstorming against semi-professional and other non-league teams. Thus, it is important to distinguish between records against all competition and records in league games only.  In 1947 he sadly passed away of a sudden stroke at the age of 36. In 1972, he was the second member of the Negro Baseball League elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Martin R. Delany (1812-1885) 5 PPG Place, Pittsburgh

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Martin R. Delany (1812-1885) 5 PPG Place, Pittsburgh

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Martin R. Delany was an abolitionist, doctor, writer, editor, and politician. He was known as being the first black field officer in the United States Army. Martin was seen as an independent thinker and wide range writer and had co-edited with Fredrick Douglas. Martin had attended Harvard University where he began to learn by apprenticing with an abolitionist doctor. Martin and another student were the first African American Students accepted into Harvard University, but because of being the first one to attend he was later protested out of the school only after a couple weeks by white students. In 1839 Delany began touring Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisana observing the life of a slave. This is where he later became a member of the abolitionist movement, founding the Mystery, a black newspaper from 1843 until 1847, and co-editing with Frederick Douglass the North Star from 1847 until 1849. Later on Delany moved to Canada and got married, where he then became the first field officer in the United States Army.

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Freedom Corner Crawford Street at Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh

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Freedom Corner Crawford Street at Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh

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It’s located at the intersection of Centre Avenue and Crawford street in the city’s historic hill District section, this monument marks a critical point in Pittsburgh's extensive Civil rights history. The collection of Hill District are the neighborhoods that have  been together for the cultural and at times the political and economic, and center of the region's African-Americans community for more than a century. The area was an economically vibrant section until a decline began in the early 1950’s that was exacerbated by unfortunate civic development projects. Also these projects forced the displacement of many long-time residents which began a series of peaceful protests that began at this site, which became known as “Freedom Corner”. The key moment came in 1963 when more than 2k Pittsburghers used Freedom Corner as the point of departure to witness D.Martin Luther King Jr give his most famous “I Have A Dream” speech in D.C.

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Robert Vann House (abandoned)                                                7337 Monticello St., Homewood

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Robert Vann House (abandoned)                                                7337 Monticello St., Homewood

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Robert Van was one of only five black lawyers in Pittsburgh and became a legal counsel of Hill District newsletter. When he was younger he wanted to improve the quality of news and that included growing the news on paper. He later became an editor and publisher, he then began attracting wealthy investors then making The Pittsburgh Courier one of the most influential black newspapers in the country. He began writing about the injustice there was within the African American Community. In these newspapers he began explaining how black students needed better education and better housing conditions for all. He wanted to see equality and he used his position to make that happen. A year later Robert and his family moved into a predominantly white neighborhood which then caused their neighbors to hold meetings and began protesting that the neighborhood had now become “undesirable”. A decade later that neighborhood became home to many African Americans.

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Daisy Lampkin House 2519 Webster Ave., Hill District 

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Daisy Lampkin House 2519 Webster Ave., Hill District 

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Daisy Lampkin was a human rights campaigner throughout her life. Lampkin held her first women’s suffrage meeting at her home and in the following year, Lampkin invested in the Pittsburgh Courier where she then became vice president. Lampkin is known to be a persuasive speaker in her house, on a street corner, or at a committee meeting and because of her persuasive speaking she took on many leadership roles. Lampkin is known for speaking with President Calvin Coolidge in the white house to protest the treatment of black soldiers blamed for a riot. As national field secretary of the NAACP 17 years, Lampkin would go around the US attending branch meetings, fighting for anti-lynching laws , and selling war bonds. In 1945 the NAACP voted Lampkin its Woman of the Year in recognition of her accomplishments. In 1947, health problems forced Lampkin to step down as NAACP field secretary. She remained active, however, and became the first staff member elected to the national board of the NAACP and she also continued as vice president of the Pittsburgh Courier until her death in 1965. In 1983, Lampkin became the first African-American woman to be honored with a Pennsylvania historical marker.