Highland Park

Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, PA

   

Highland Park was settled in 1778 by Alexander Negley, a German-American who purchased a 278-acre farm called “Fertile Bottom” along the Allegheny River, encompassing much of what is now Highland Park north of Bryant Street. His son, Jacob Negley, married Barbara Winebiddle in 1795 and acquired an adjoining 443-acre farm, “Heth’s Delight,” in 1799. The neighborhood’s development accelerated in the 19th century after Barbara Winebiddle Negley divided the estate among her children in 1837, sparking land subdivision in Highland Park and nearby East Liberty. County Surveyor Robert Hilands laid out the first streets, including Negley Avenue, Hiland Avenue (later renamed Highland Avenue), and Stanton Avenue. The neighborhood grew as a streetcar suburb following transportation improvements, such as the 1872 extension of horse-drawn streetcar service to East Liberty and the 1879 opening of a reservoir, which later became part of Highland Park’s public park, founded in 1889. Highland Park was designated a Residential Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 for its significant 19th- and 20th-century architectural development. [1]

The James Scott House (National Register of Historic Places) is located in the neighborhood.

The Highland Park neighborhood is home to the 500 acre park of the same name. Edward Bigelow, the park's founder, called it "the finest breathing room in the city," and people come from all over the city to enjoy it.

The neighborhood is also home to the Pittsburgh Zoo.

  1. www.grok.com, accessed April, 2025.

Nearby Neighborhoods

Street Names
Albree Way • Avondale Place • Azimuth Way • Beatty Street North • Beatty Way • Bellman Way • Beverly Place • Bossart Street • Bowden Street • Britliff Way • Browing Road • Bryant Street • Bunkerkill Street • Callery Street • Callowhill Street • Casanova Way • Chinn Way • Collins Street • Cordova Road • Costar Way • De Victor Place • Drak Way • Elgin Street • Etude Way • Euclid Avenue North • Farmhouse Drive • Farragut Street • Glenview Place • Grafton Street • Greystone Drive • Hampton Street • Heberton Street • High Park Place • Highland Avenue North • Highland Court • Highview Street • Ionic Way • Jackson Street • Janero Street • King Avenue • Lake Drive • Macrum Way • Mapleton Way • Meadow Street • Mellon Street • Mellon Terrace • Millbrae Way • Negley Avenue North • Negley Run Boulevard • One Wild Place • Orsenius Way • Paca Way • Poinsett Way • Portland Street • Reservoir Drive • Reservoir Drive • Robley Way • Route 8 • Roxanna Way • Samantha Way • Sheridan Avenue • Sheridan Court • Springer Way • St Clair Street North • St Marie Street • Stanton Avenue • Teak Way • Thalia Way • Thisbe Way • Velie Way • Villanova Road • Violin Way • Washington Boulevard • Wayne Road • Wellesley Avenue • Wellesley Road • Wellston Way • Winterton Street

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