Forks of the Ohio - Pittsburgh, PA
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N 40° 26.504 W 080° 00.717
17T E 583793 N 4477256
The historic Point State Park is listed as Forks of the Ohio on the NRHP in 1966 before it was officially declared a state park in 1974.
Waymark Code: WMX41A
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2017
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (150,000 m2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
Built on land acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises in the 1950s, the park opened in August 1974[4] when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. The Fort Pitt Museum, housed in the Monongahela Bastion of Fort Pitt, commemorates the French and Indian War (1754–63), in which the area soon to become Pittsburgh was a major battlefield. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 for its role in the strategic struggles between Native Americans, French colonists, and British colonists, for control of the Ohio River watershed."
Street address:
Point Park , Pittsburgh
County / Borough / Parish: Allegheny
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event
Periods of significance: 1750-1799
Historic function: Defense
Current function: Landscape
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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