Fort Pitt Block House

Fort Pitt Block House
Map
Former namesBouquet's Block House
Bouquet's Redoubt
Old Block House[1]
General information
TypeRedoubt
LocationPoint State Park,
Pittsburgh
Coordinates40°26′28″N 80°00′35″W / 40.4412°N 80.0098°W / 40.4412; -80.0098
Completed1764
Technical details
Floor count2
Forks of the Ohio
NRHP reference No.66000643[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLOctober 9, 1960[5]
Designated PHMCMay 08, 1959[3]
Designated PHLFunknown[4]

The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse[6] or Bouquet's Redoubt[7]) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh. It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania,[8] as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".[9]

  1. ^ Co, G. M. Hopkins & (19 July 2011). "English: This is a map published in 1900 of the area of Pittsburgh now known as Point State Park". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Fort Pitt Blockhouse - PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  4. ^ , Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 2007 http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Plaque1.jpg, archived from the original on 2011-07-21, retrieved 2011-07-15 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Forks of the Ohio". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Historical marker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Durant, Samuel W. (1876). "Plan of Fort Pitt". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Point State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  9. ^ Mellon, Steve. "The Blockhouse, Point State Park". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.