File:ChathamVillage3.jpg

Summary

Picture of the garage side of some townhouses in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Village" class="extiw" title="w:Chatham Village">Chatham Village</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_(Pittsburgh)" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Washington (Pittsburgh)">Mount Washington</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="w:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>. Built from 1932 to 1935. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Stein" class="extiw" title="en:Clarence Stein">Stein</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wright_(landscape_architect)" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Wright (landscape architect)">Wright</a>, planners. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingham_%26_Boyd" class="extiw" title="en:Ingham & Boyd">Ingham & Boyd</a>, architects. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Griswold_(landscape_architect)" class="extiw" title="en:Ralph E. Griswold (landscape architect)">Ralph E. Griswold</a>, landscape architect. Architectural style: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture" class="extiw" title="en:Georgian architecture">Georgian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Revival_Movement" class="extiw" title="en:Colonial Revival Movement">Colonial Revival</a>.

As well as being a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania">National Historic Landmark</a>, Chatham Village is on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="extiw" title="en:National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">National Register of Historic Places</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_History_and_Landmarks_Foundation_Historic_Landmarks" class="extiw" title="en:List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks">List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks</a>.

"In 1932, on 46 acres of land, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhl_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:Buhl Foundation">Buhl Foundation</a> began building this legacy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Buhl,_Jr." class="extiw" title="en:Henry Buhl, Jr.">Henry Buhl, Jr.</a>, who left $15 million 'to help benefit the people of the city.' The foundation bought the Thomas Bigham house, and hired two New York City planners, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Stein" class="extiw" title="en:Clarence Stein">Clarence Stein</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wright_(landscape_architect)" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Wright (landscape architect)">Henry Wright</a>, to design the village, which was completed in 1936."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05290/589955-53.stm">[1]</a>

A sign on a brick wall near the intersection of Bigham Road and Pennridge Road says the following: "Chatham Village has been designated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" class="extiw" title="en:National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> - This site possess national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America - A model <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/planned_community" class="extiw" title="en:planned community">planned community</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rowhouse" class="extiw" title="en:rowhouse">rowhouses</a>, garden courts, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/greenbelt" class="extiw" title="en:greenbelt">greenbelt</a>, and recreation facilities opened through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhl_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:Buhl Foundation">Buhl Foundation</a> to promote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_reform" class="extiw" title="en:social reform">social reforms</a> and housing improvements for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class" class="extiw" title="en:Middle class">middle income</a> families. This influenced the development of 20th century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban_planning" class="extiw" title="en:urban planning">urban planning</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="en:United States">United States</a>. 2005 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service" class="extiw" title="en:National Park Service">National Park Service</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" class="extiw" title="en:United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a>".

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