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090 2022 Winter Reporter Dispatch
JAMES WILSON MASTER PAINTER – Wilson Avenue’s Namesake
NUNNERY HILL CONTROVERSY – Establishing Allegheny Municipal Hospital
CHARLES DENGLER’S DIARY – East Allegheny/Deutschtown Newsboy’s 1932 Diary
FOR MAN, BEAST AND BIRD – Hartzell Memorial Fountain
THE WEITERSHAUSEN LEGACY – German United Evangelical Protestant Church History
089 2022 Fall Reporter Dispatch
A TROY HILL TRAGEDY – 1971 Gas Explosion
A SOLDIER WHO SERVED – William Witherow Civil War
OLD ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH – Manchester German Catholic Congregation
088 2022 Summer Reporter Dispatch
REFLECTION ON A HERITAGE – Memorial Day Memories
THE GREAT ZACCHINI!
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE – North Side Movie Theaters
2022 ACS ANNUAL MEETING
087 2022 Spring Reporter Dispatch
FROM THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR: 2021 Year in Review
NORTH SIDE FARMERS MARKET REVISITED Part 2
DOWN ON JAMES STREET
086 2021 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Pauline Hanauer Rosenberg Historical Marker
2021 Summer Tours: Allegheny Commons
North Side Farmers Market Revisited – Part 1
085 2021 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Trolley Memories
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
Dan Holland Receives William Rimmel Award
Society Hosts Cassatt Tour
Berger Observatory Part 2
084 2021 Spring Reporter Dispatch
083 2021 Winter Reporter Dispatch
082 2020 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Women’s Suffrage
Slabtown – Early First Ward
081 2020 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
080 2020 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Horse Racing at Allegheny’s Exposition Park
Reviewing a Successful Year for the Society
The Allegheny Market House
079 2019 03 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Sullivan Comes To Allegheny
Union Dale Cemetery Excursion
Christmas Memories
Before and Between PNC Park and Heinz Field
078 2019 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Allegheny’s Calvary United Methodist Church Celebrating 175th Year
ACS Annual Meeting Announcement
Lois Weber Marker Unveiled
077 2019 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
The Year in Review 2018
The Lady, The Vineyard, The Heights
Lafayette in Alleghenytown – Visits here in 1825
Black History Tour
076 2018 03 Winter Reporter Dispatch
North Side at Christmas – Holidays of the early 1960s.
Successful Fall Walking Tours
ACS Trip to “The Westmoreland” – Manchester artists
The Gusky Hebrew Orphanage
075 2018 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Colonel James Anderson
2018 Annual Meeting
The Anderson House
Bungalow on Chautauqua Street – A Carol Peterson House History
Frederick Demmler – Allegheny City artist lost too soon
Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner
074 2018 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
The Year in Review 2017
Sister Frances Rooney, CSJ: Growing Up in the Annunciation Neighborhood
A Treasure Hunt for Your Memorial Day – North Side War Monuments
Manchester’s Hippodrome Theater
073 2017 03 Winter Reporter Dispatch
NICK PARRENDO & HUNT STUDIOS – Stained Glass Masters
TREES & TRAINS & ORANGES TOO – North Side Christmases
UNITY CORNER GATEWAY
DOORS OPEN PITTSBURGH 2017
072 2017 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Bette McDevitt Remembers
ACS SUMMER WALKING TOURS
ANNUAL MEETING 2017
MARY CASSATT AWARDS GIVEN
071 2017 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2016
St. John’s Hospital and Nursing School
St. Luke’s Memorial Lutheran Church
Kerr House Museum Tour
070 2016 03 Winter Reporter Dispatch
WOODS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE
R. Maurice Trimble, Architect- Engine Company No.15
WAR MEMORIALS CLEANUP
Allegheny County Civil War Soldiers Monument Rededication
069 2016 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
MAX KLEIN – AC Flag at Jumonville Christian Camp
HEARTLAND Tours – Calbride, Marshall/Shadeland, Charles St. Valley, Perry Hilltop, and Fineview neighborhoods
Old Allegheny Rows Historic District
ACS 2016 ANNUAL MEETING
RESTORATION OF PARK MONUMENTS
BRIGHTON ROAD THEATERS
REMEMBERING JOHN ALAN MAKAR
068 2016 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2015
THE HEARTLAND PROJECT
Reformed Presbyterian Home – 118 YEARS OF SERVICE
BREWERIES OF ALLEGHENY
THE 2016 ACS LECTURE SERIES
067 2015 03 Winter Reporter Dispatch
The Laughlin Mansion
COMMONS PARTNERSHIP – Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy joins effort
JOHN BRASHEAR BIRTHDAY – 1916 Celebration
REMEMBERING JANE F. JOHNSON
DAVID HOSTETTER – Hostetter’s “Celebrated” Bitters
A LIQUID FUNDRAISER – At Wigle Whiskey
SEPTEMBER MUSIC EVENTS – At Allegheny City Historical Gallery
066 2015 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
BROWN CHAPEL AME
MARY J. COWLEY SCHOOL
Saint Nicholas Historic Site and Interpretive Memorial Wall
PITTSBURGH PHIL – AKA George Elsworth Smith
Spring Garden and East Deutschtown Walking Tour
2015 CASSATT ART AWARD
065 2015 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW
726–728 CEDAR AVENUE – Carol Peterson House History
R. MAURICE TRIMBLE TOUR–PART II
ALLEGHENY CENTER MALL MEMORIES
NORTH SIDE THEATRES – Of Federal and East Ohio Streets
4TH ANNUAL ALLEGHENY WINTER FILM SERIES
064 2014 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
PITTSBURGH SANITARY FAIR – 150th Anniversary
MARTHA MARTIN O’MOORE
HISTORIC ST. PETER’S CHURCH
ROBERT MAURICE TRIMBLE TOUR
ACS ANNUAL MEETING – Rimmell Award honors Rooney and Peterson
063 2014 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
2013 YEAR IN REVIEW
Allegheny’s William Powell Part 2
WINTER FILM SERIES
WINTER TOUR AT THE FAIRMONT
Tour of the Frick Art and Historical Center
How Allegheny became a center for Presbyterianism
062 2014 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Allegheny’s William Powell Part 1
NEWS & NOTES
Allegheny’s First Presbyterian Church
ALLEGHENY AND PITTSBURGH – The Annexation of Allegheny City
Allegheny Townhouse Renovation
061 2013 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Visiting the remains of the 1863 Civil War fortifications
Church of St. Nicholas Demolished
DOO DAH DAYS
Captain Jacob Brunn – First Pittsburgh Civil War Casualty
STREET LIGHTING IN ALLEGHENY
Clara Wenzelburger – LAST OF THE ALLEGHENIANS
PENNSYLVANIA’S CIVIL WAR
NEW LIFE FOR HOUSE ON CEDAR
060 2013 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
2012 YEAR IN REVIEW
Allegheny’s Thomas Meighan
RIMMEL AWARDEE NAMED – Dan Handley for “Undaunted” Allegheny Observatory Documentary
Second Winter Film Series
THE CARDELLO BUILDING
059 2012 04 Fall Reporter Dispatch
ALLEGHENY CIVIL WAR HERO – James Harvey Childs
Addison Lyle – Prominent Merchant
1899 Allegheny & Pittsburgh Retail
Allegheny City Society receives historical resources
Historic Marker for Architect John T. Comès
058 2012 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
North Presbyterian Church building of 1868
Cassatt Garden
Washington County Civil War history road trip
Samuel M. Willock, founder of the Waverly Oil Works
Cassatt Scholarship Awards
057 2012 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
ALLEGHENY’S LOIS WEBER: TOP HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR
ALLEGHENY FILM SERIES
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH – Modern system comes to Allegheny City in 1867
SUMMER TOURS & PROGRAMS
056 2012 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW
ALLEGHENY CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
CIVIL WAR MOMENT IN ALLEGHENY CITY – General Nathaniel Lyon
FALL TOUR TO OIL COUNTRY
ALLEGHENY CITY FILM SERIES
055 2011 04 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Summer Walks in The Commons
John Alfred Brashear Part3
Around Troy Hill, Spring Hill, and Reserve Township Book Signing
2011 DooDah Days
054 2011 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Meadville Civil War tour
Evening Walks in the Commons
John Alfred Brashear Part 2
2011 Annual Meeting
Allegheny’s Freemasons Hall
Manchester School Third Grade Tour
Cassatt Scholarship Awards
053 2011 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Simon Drum – Carpenter, soldier and twice mayor of Allegheny
Become a Friend of the Commons
Lincoln Tour a Great Success
The Conflict Begins – Civil War Reporting
052 2011 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL
Washington Peace Convention
Lincoln’s Inaugural Trip
Guns for the Union
Remembering Mike Coleman
051 2010 04 Fall Reporter Dispatch
William H. Artzberger – Allegheny Artist and Automaker
Riverview Presbyterian Church Designated Historic
Veterans Names Project
John Alfred Brashear “A Man Who Loved the Stars” Part 1
050 2010 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Mayor Kirschler’s Loving Cup
The Other Alleghenies
Cassatt Scholarship Awards
Architecture Tour a Success
Railroad Trip to Altoona
049 2010 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Reymer’s Lemon Blennd Invented on the North Side
Pud Galvin Allegheny’s Forgotten Hall of Famer
West Virginia: The Child of Rebellion tour
2010 Annual Meeting
048 2010 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church Centennial
23rd Ward Service Club WWII Letters
Johnstown Flood Tour
047 2009 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Manchester Walking Tour
1906 Foster/Artzberger Allegheny Automobile
Observatory Hill History Wall
New Carnegie Library Opens
046 2009 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Chapel Shelter Renovation – Annual Meeting
Author Lisa Miles wins Rimmell Award
Eben Byers Not Cured with Radium Water
045 2009 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Gertrude Stein
John Brashear
Aeberli Building Restored
Lake Elizabeth
044 2008 04 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Antebellum House Tour
Frick Tour
Observatory Tour
Graduation 111 Years Ago
043 2008 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Martha Graham Historical Marker Dedication
Watson Chapel Restored
Sarah Seitz Tomlinson – Harmar Denny’s Mansion
Allegheny City Society Chartered 1958
042 2008 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
| Acorn Hill and Thomas M. Marshall | Acorn Hill; Thomas M. Marshall |
| Historical Markers Approved | Fort Brunot (Fort McKeever); Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair |
| Historic Designation of Workingmen Savings Bank Moves Toward Final Approval | Workingmen Savings Bank |
| Destruction of Another Allegheny Structure | Canal Houses |
| Fame’s Face Facing Repair | Soldier’s Monument |
| New Signage | Allegheny Commons |
041e 2008 01 EXTRA February Reporter Dispatch
Annexation Commemoration a Great Success
Grant For Veterans’ Memorial Documentation Being Prepared
Allegheny County Council Honors ACS
041 2007 04 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Great Event Planned for Annexation Commemoration
Arcadia Book “Allegheny City 1840-1907” Hot off the Press
Dedication of the Barbara Ruane Memorial
Workingman’s Savings Bank Building Saved from the Wrecking Ball
New Life for the Garden Theater?
Lightning Strikes Soldiers Monument
Jubilee Celebration in the Park
What’s Happening in Allegheny Today
039 2007 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Harry Thaw – The Notorious Playboy of Old Allegheny
Book Signing for Arcadia Book “German Pittsburgh”
ACS is Creating a Pictorial Memory of the “Lost City”
Mary Robert Rinehart – A Woman for All Seasons
Civil War Seminar – “Lincoln the Presidential Years”
Allegheny City Historical Marker – James Hay Reed
Votes for Women
037 2006 04 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Christmas In Old Allegheny
National Trust for Historic Preservation Tours “Old Allegheny”
Robert Munroe – Allegheny’s Premier Daguerreian
Hermann Art Museum Tour
036 2006 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch
THE HIPWELL STORY
Upcoming Events
State Historical Marker Approved for Martha Graham
National Trust to Tour Allegheny West and the Mexican War Street
035 2006 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
| The Kathryn Kuhlman Story: North Side’s Most Famous Evangelist | Kathryn Kuhlman; Carnegie Music Hall (North Side) |
| Charles Taze Russel: Founder of the Jehovah Witnesses | Charles Taze Russell |
| 2006 Rimmel Award Winner | Rimmel Award |
034 2006 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
| Bishop Matthew Simpson: A Brief Biography |
| Location of Allegheny City High Schools |
033 2005 04 Winter Reporter Dispatch
| ACS Mourns Passing of John Lyon |
| Mayors of Allegheny City |
| PennDot Continues Planning of Cassatt Garden |
032 2005 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch Fall 2005
Society’s Fall Show and Tell
| The First Professional Football Game | William “Pudge” Heffelfinger; Allegheny Athletic Association |
| Else Yuratovich Passes Away | Elsie Yeratovich (ACS member, active in community) |
031 2005 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Restoration of Soldiers Monument
Mary Cassatt Program
Allegheny Commons Restoration Pilot Program
030 2004 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
6th Annual Civil War Soldiers Fair
Charles Avery, Abolitionist
Bishop Matthew Simpson
028 2003 04 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Fall Tours a Success
Memorial in Troy Hill
2003 Carnegie Science Center Miniature Railroad and Village
Thomas Armstrong, Friend of Labor
027 2003 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Voegtly Cemetery’s Move to Troy Hill
Mary Cassatt Stamp
Observatory Hill History
026 2003 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch
History Center “Eye Of The Storm” Exhibit
Allegheny City Buildings in the News
Harmony Route Tour
ACS “Archives” Moves to Western Avenue
025 2003 01 February Reporter Dispatch
Russell H. Boggs
Boggs Townhouse
Allegheny City Fire Department Presentation
Western PA Genealogical Society Program
024 2002 04 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Bartley Campbell – Allegheny’s Forgotten Playwright
Frederick Osterling Tour
U. S. Grant Plants a Tree in West Park
Tiffany Window Restoration
023 2002 03 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Allegheny City Fire Department Book
Soldiers Monument Repair Update
Soldier’s Fair a Success
Fall Events Planned
022 2002 02 June Reporter Dispatch
Annual Meeting
Monument Restoration
Civil War Soldier’s Fair
Allegheny City Municipal Records Moved to Harrisburg
021 2002 01 February Reporter Dispatch
Transportation and Baseball in Old Allegheny
Upcoming Programs
020 2001 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch vol5 no2
Christine Davis Wins Rimmell Award
Civil War Soldier’s Fair Schedule
Hampton Battery Monument Rededicated
2000 Annual Report
019 2001 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch vol5 no1
Upcoming Events
Allegheny Commons Master Planner Chosen
018 2001 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Soldier’s Fair 2001
Lake Elizabeth in WWII
Official Allegheny City Flag
Soldier’s Monument
017 2000 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch vol4 no3
Duquesne Boro (8 th Ward) Tour
St. Nicholas Church Plans
Pittsburgh Wool Program
016 2000 02 Spring-Summer Reporter Dispatch vol4 no2
The Arbuckle Family Fortune: Cotton Coffee Sugar Part 2
The Cruikshank Brothers Company
015 2000 01 February Reporter Dispatch vol4 no1
The Arbuckle Family Fortune: Cotton Coffee Sugar Part 1
Society News
014 1999 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Railroads in Allegheny City
Allegheny City – Johnstown Connection
013 1999 02 Spring Reporter Dispatch vol3 no1 (two-page blue)
Tour announcement issue
012 1999 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch vol3 no1
Wolverine Toys
Kilbuck Mansion
011 1998 05 Reporter Dispatch vol2 no3
Brighton Heights Trolley Tour
010 1998 04 Summer Reporter Dispatch vol2 no3
Dr. C. Jane Vincent, Part 2
Commons Visitor’s Guide
009 1998 03 Spring Reporter Dispatch vol2 no2
Annual Meeting
Victorian Baseball
008 1998 02 Winter Reporter Dispatch vol2 no2
Dr. C. Jane Vincent, Part 1
“Valley Of Decision” Book Talk
007 001 1998 06 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Lost Footage of the North Side Story newsletter
006 1998 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch vol2 no1
North Side Story newsletter
005 1997 02 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Manchester House Tour
The Really, Really Rich of Ridge Avenue Tour
004 1997 01 Spring Reporter Dispatch
Mary Wohleber Honored
Allegheny West House Tour
003 1996 02 Summer Reporter Dispatch
Allegheny Commons Short History
Allegheny City Quiz!
The Smith Singers of Old Allegheny
002 1996 01 Winter Reporter Dispatch
Gettysburg Cyclorama in Allegheny City
Major General Alexander Hay of Allegheny
Soldier’s Monument Brief History
001 1995 03 Fall Reporter Dispatch
Inaugural issue
The Vanishing Churches of Allegheny City
