Pitt



Owner: Dave Lind

(STRAIGHT FROM WIKIPEDIA....still need to edit)

Fort Pitt, named after William Pitt the Elder, was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The fort was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne, a French

In 1772 when Fort Pitt was no longer necessary to the British Crown, the fort was abandoned to the locals. At that time, the Pittsburgh area was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania, and a power struggle for the region commenced. Virginians took control of Fort Pitt, and for a brief while in the 1770s it was called Fort Dunmore, in honour of Virginia's Governor Lord Dunmore. The fort served as a staging ground in Dunmore's War of 1774.

During the American Revolutionary War, Fort Pitt served as a headquarters for the western theatre of the war.

A small brick building called the Blockhouse—actually an outbuilding known as a redoubt—remains in Point State Park, the only intact remnant of Fort Pitt. It was erected in 1764, and is believed to be the oldest building, not only in Pittsburgh, but in western Pennsylvania. Used for many years as a house, the blockhouse was purchased and has been preserved for many years by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who make it open to the public.