Heathside Cottage

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Heathside Cottage
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Location416 Catoma St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°27′38.83″N80°0′12.88″W / 40.4607861°N 80.0035778°W / 40.4607861; -80.0035778
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1864-1866
Architectural style Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 74001740 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1974
Designated PHLF2000 [2]
Designated PHDNovember 6, 2019 [3]

The Heathside Cottage in the Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a Gothic Revival structure built between 1864 and 1866 for the family of stonemason and civil engineer James Andrews. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

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James Andrews was a Scottish-American stonemason, engineer, and capitalist who collaborated with civil engineer James Buchanan Eads on such projects as the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, the Mississippi River jetties, and a proposed railway system across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. He was reportedly a millionaire by the end of his life, having accrued a fortune of at least $32 million in 2022 dollars. His Heathside Cottage in the Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He was known for much of his life as "Col. James Andrews," though he never served in the military.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  3. "Bill No. 2019-1953". City of Pittsburgh. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  4. Preservation Pittsburgh (2019). Heathside Cottage: City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark Nomination (PDF) (Report). Historic Review Commission. Retrieved 2021-12-08.