East Allegheny (Pittsburgh)

East Allegheny
Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Cedar Avenue in East Allegheny
Coordinates: 40°27′22″N 80°00′00″W / 40.456°N 80.000°W / 40.456; -80.000
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny County
City	Pittsburgh
Area[1]
• Total	0.236 sq mi (0.61 km2)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	2,136
• Density	9,100/sq mi (3,500/km2)
ZIP Code	15212

East Allegheny, also known as Deutschtown, is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh's North Side. It has a ZIP Code of 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 1 (North Central Neighborhoods). The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire houses 32 Engine and 32 Truck in Deutschtown.

History

In 1783, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established a 3000-acre tract of land north of where the Allegheny River merged with the Ohio River.^[4] John Redick created an initial town plan for Allegheny City- which featured 36 city blocks surrounded by a common grazing area - the following year.^[5] The common grazing area became a park now known as Allegheny Commons, and the area just east of the park - which had been set aside for farming in Redick's initial plan - is today's East Allegheny.

This area was developed between 1850 and 1900 by immigrants who were almost exclusively German. As a result, the area was called Dutchtown, a mispronunciation of Deutschtown. Its residents created a business district on East Ohio Street and a residential district running south of it, from Cedar Street (on the western border with Allegheny Commons) to Troy Hill (on the east).^[6] These buildings were very solidly built.^[4]

In 1984, this area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Deutschtown Historic District.^[4] The nominating petition noted that "Dutchtown is distinguished from neighboring North Side neighborhoods by its ethnic associations and intense feeling of neighborhood solidarity. It also retains the busiest original commercial district left on the North Side since the development of Allegheny Center in the 1960's." The area is also a City of Pittsburgh Historic District.^[7]

Construction of Interstate 279 sliced the neighborhood in half, such that there is now an West Deutschtown (which runs from Allegheny Commons to the Interstate and contains the active business district on East Ohio Street) and an East Deutschtown (which runs from the Interstate to Troy Hill). Both sections of the neighborhood suffered as a result of the Interstate's construction: some residents moved, their homes were rented by absentee landlords to low-income tenants, and the area saw a general lack of investment.^[8][9] However, neighborhood activists established the East Allegheny Community Council and gradually restored the neighborhood, especially the western portion.^[10][11][12]

Geography and transportation

East Allegheny is composed of "East Deutschtown," an area that is bounded by East Street, East Ohio Street, Goehring Street and Vinial Streets, and "West Deutschtown," which extends from Cedar Avenue to East Street and from the Norfolk Southern Mainline to Dunloe Street.

Surrounding neighborhoods include Allegheny Center, Fineview, Troy Hill, Spring Hill, and Spring Garden.

City buses that connect East Allegheny and downtown include 500, 16B, 16F, 1D, 1F, 6A and 12A. 54C also connects East Allegheny with Oakland, the city's academic center.

Organization

The neighborhood citizens group is the East Allegheny Community Council. The organization offers a self-guided walking tour for the neighborhood (available from its website).

Gallery

• 

  Pittsburgh's Grand Hall at the Priory (formerly St. Mary's German Catholic Church), built in 1854, located at the corner of Pressley, Nash and Lockhart Streets.

• 

  Teutonia Männerchor Hall, built in 1888 by George Ott, located at 857 Phineas Street.

• 

  St. Mary's Priory, built in 1888, located at 614 Pressley Street.

• 

  Latimer School, built in 1898 by Frederick C. Sauer, located at Tripoli and James Streets.

• 

  Former Workingman's Savings Bank & Trust Co. Building (also the former ARC House Building), built in 1901, located at 800 East Ohio Street.

• 

  Schiller School, built in 1939, located at 1018 Peralta Street.

• 

  Buildings along Cedar Avenue north of its intersection with Ohio Street.

• 

  A view down Chestnut St. in East Deutschtown.

References

Further reading

• Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.  Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Allegheny (Pittsburgh).

• Deutschtown (Pittsburgh)
• Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map
• East Allegheny Community Council
• Deutschtown pictures
• North City News

See also

• List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
• Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau, a fictional character on Criminal Minds has been said to have grown up here.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Pittsburgh Cities Clairton Duquesne McKeesport Pittsburgh Home rule municipalities Bellevue Bethel Park Bradford Woods Green Tree Hampton McCandless Monroeville Mt. Lebanon O'Hara Penn Hills Pine Richland Upper St. Clair West Deer Whitehall Boroughs Aspinwall Avalon Baldwin Bell Acres Ben Avon Ben Avon Heights Blawnox Brackenridge Braddock Braddock Hills Brentwood Bridgeville Carnegie Castle Shannon Chalfant Cheswick Churchill Coraopolis Crafton Dormont Dravosburg East McKeesport East Pittsburgh Edgewood Edgeworth Elizabeth Emsworth Etna Forest Hills Fox Chapel Franklin Park Glassport Glen Osborne Glenfield Haysville Heidelberg Homestead Ingram Jefferson Hills Leetsdale Liberty Lincoln McDonald‡ McKees Rocks Millvale Mount Oliver Munhall North Braddock Oakdale Oakmont Pennsbury Village Pitcairn Pleasant Hills Plum Port Vue Rankin Rosslyn Farms Sewickley Sewickley Heights Sewickley Hills Sharpsburg Springdale Swissvale Tarentum Thornburg Trafford‡ Turtle Creek Verona Versailles Wall West Elizabeth West Homestead West Mifflin West View Whitaker White Oak Wilkinsburg Wilmerding Townships Aleppo Baldwin Collier Crescent East Deer Elizabeth Fawn Findlay Forward Frazer Harmar Harrison Indiana Kennedy Kilbuck Leet Marshall Moon Neville North Fayette North Versailles Ohio Reserve Robinson Ross Scott Shaler South Fayette South Park South Versailles Springdale Stowe Wilkins CDPs Allison Park Bairdford Bakerstown Carnot-Moon Clinton Curtisville Enlow Gibsonia Glenshaw Harwick Imperial Noblestown Rennerdale Russellton Sturgeon Unincorporated communities Acmetonia Blackridge Blanchard Boyce Broughton Bruceton Buena Vista Creighton Curry Dorseyville Elfinwild Essen Evergreen Harmarville Herriottsville Hickory Heights Horning Karns Keown Station Moon Run Natrona Natrona Heights Smithdale Warrendale Wexford Wildwood Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Topics Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types Lists by county Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester East North South Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York Lists by city Pittsburgh Lancaster Philadelphia Center City North Northeast Northwest South Southwest West Other lists European archaeological sites Native American archaeological sites Bridges (covered) National Historic Landmarks (Philadelphia) Category NRHP portal