Category Archives: Architecture

Two Designs by Stillburg & Staub

Bissell Block
DescriptionEnglish: Design by Joseph Stillburg and partner for a commercial building in Pittsburgh
Date1880
SourceAmerican Architect and Building News
AuthorJoseph Stillburg and Leo Staub
Schwartz or Schwab Residence
DescriptionEnglish: Design by Joseph Stillburg and partner for a house in Pittsburgh
Date1883
SourceThe American Architect and Building News
AuthorJoseph Stillburg and Leo Staub

The name of the client is given as Schwartz on the illustration, but as Schwab in the text of the magazine.

South East View of the Mausoleum as Restored, by James Fergusson

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, by James Fergusson
DescriptionEnglish: Speculative restoration of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus by James Fergusson
Date1862
SourceThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Restored in Conformity with the Recently Discovered Remains (https://archive.org/details/mausoleumathalic00ferg/page/n7/mode/2up)
AuthorJames Fergusson

House by Charles M. Bartberger

DescriptionEnglish: Architect’s drawing of the J. J. Matthews House, East Liberty, Pittsburgh, by Charles M. Bartberger
Date1903
SourceThe American Architect and Building News (https://archive.org/details/sim_american-architect-and-architecture_1903-04-04_80_1423/page/n19/mode/2up)
AuthorCharles M. Bartberger

This house still stands; Father Pitt has pictures of it in its current condition.