Rosanne, Thanks for the Info. Couldn't respond sooner since Jeanne decided I should have no power. I find it interesting that Mayor Lawrence lived in the Block House at one point. I will hunt for some pix of the area. Clare in Fla. ============== On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:10:44 EDT [email protected] writes: > The only part of Fort Pitt still standing is the Block House. The > fort was > only made of logs (like you see in Westerns). They excavated the > point and > found the outline of the fort and layed down bricks. The fort > hasn't stood in > probably 200 years. > > At one time the Block House was the home of Mayor David Lawrence. > The Lorant > book about Pittsburgh has a picture of it and you wouldn't recognize > it. At > one time the Point was completely covered with houses and > businesses, not the > park it is today. Lawrence lived on South Atlantic and was a member > of St. > Lawrence O'Toole, but he always attended St. Mary's at the Point > (his parish as > a child). When I was a kid, I would check the bulletin every week > and > Lawrence had donated $5.00 to St. Lawrence (a big donation at the > time). > > Fort Necessity is somewhere near Latrobe, not in Pittsburgh. They > have a > recreation of the fort there. It only lasted a few months. Put up > quickly for > defense. > > Yes, Al I had heard about Mac being at the dedication of the block > house. > Mac, did you swim in the pond where Kaufmanns is now? > > Rosanne > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message > to:[email protected] that contains ONLY the word, > 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >