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Historic Wilkinsburg

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Tour Overview

Let’s learn some Wilkinsburg History!

Welcome to the Wilkinsburg Historical Walking Tour!

This historic tour through Wilkinsburg will show you many of the sights and places that have made their mark on Wilkinsburg throughout its history.

You'll of course find lots of churches on this tour. After all Wilkinsburg was once known as the Holy City!

This is a free roam tour! There is no particular route or order of sites you have to follow. Visit all or some of the sites at your leisure!

Please make sure you are being safe while on this tour. Pay attention to traffic and other obstacles. Do not trespass on private property.

More historical pictures, documents, pamphlets and more can be found at wilkinsburglibrary.org/historical

Brought to you by the Wilkinsburg Public Library and the Wilkinsburg Historical Society.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Wilkinsburg Borough Building & Wilkinsburg Public Library

  2. Stop 2: Rowland Theater

  3. Stop 3: Wilkinsburg's First Skyscraper

  4. Stop 4: South Avenue Methodist Church

  5. Stop 6: Jane Holmes Residence

  6. Stop 7: Penn Lincoln Hotel site

  7. Stop 8: Dumpling Hall

  8. Stop 9: Singer Mansion

  9. Stop 10: Jacob Weinman House

  10. Stop 11: Jacob Weinman Mansion

  11. Stop 12: Approximate Location of Rippey's Tavern

  12. Stop 13: First Public School House

  13. Stop 14: Horner School

  14. Stop 15: Wilkinsburg's First & Second Railroad Stations

  15. Stop 16: Dream City Amusement Park

  16. Stop 17: Rebecca Residence

  17. Stop 18: United Presbyterian Home for Aged People

  18. Stop 19: Post Office, Lacock's Blacksmith Shop

  19. Stop 20: Caldwell and Graham Building

  20. Stop 21: Beulah Church and Cemetery

  21. Stop 22: Frank Conrad House

  22. Stop 23: WTAE TV Station

  23. Stop 24: Wilkinsburg's First Church

  24. Stop 25: Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian (formerly Calvary Presbyterian Church)

  25. Stop 26: Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

  26. Stop 27: Reformed Presbyterian Church

  27. Stop 28: First Church of Christ, Scientist

  28. Stop 29: First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg

  29. Stop 30: First United Presbyterian Church

  30. Stop 31: Mulberry Community Church (formerly Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church)

  31. Stop 32: James Street Methodist Church

  32. Stop 33: Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

  33. Stop 34: Wilkinsburg Church of the Nazarene

  34. Stop 35: Ross Avenue Methodist

  35. Stop 36: Second United Presbyterian Church

  36. Stop 37: St. James Catholic Church

  37. Stop 38: St Mark A.M.E Church

  38. Stop 39: St. Stephens Episcopal

  39. Stop 40: Trinity Reformed Church (now Arc of the Covenant)

  40. Stop 41: United Brethren in Christ

  41. Stop 43: First Phone Exchange in Wilkinsburg

  42. Stop 44: Wilkinsburg Hotel

  43. Stop 45: Johnston Elementary (now Community Forge)

  44. Stop 46: Semple School

  45. Stop 47: Wilkinsburg's First Fire Department

  46. Stop 48: Seven Mile House

  47. Stop 49: Old Grist Mill

  48. Stop 50: First Brick House in Wilkinsburg

  49. Stop 51: Columbia Hospital

  50. Stop 52: Hampton Coal Mine

  51. Stop 53: Wilkinsburg Train Station

  52. Stop 54: Horner house (later First National Bank)

  53. Stop 55: Johnston's Farmhouse

  54. Stop 56: First Post Office

  55. Stop 57: Sleeping Octopus (formerly Yingling Mansion)

  56. Stop 58: Woodlawn Cemetery

  57. Stop 59: McNair School and Original Site of Wilkinsburg Public Library

  58. Stop 60: Original site of First Presbyterian Church

  59. Stop 61: St. Mark AME Zion

  60. Stop 62: Mulberry Presbyterian Church

  61. Stop 63: Lohr Building

  62. Stop 64: Lincoln statue site

  63. Stop 65: Wilkinsburg Bank

  64. Stop 66: Second Telephone Exchange

  65. Stop 67: Test

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