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North Park History


A Sampling of North Park photos
on the Historic Pittsburgh website

  • Water Tower photos
  • North Park Boathouse photos
  • North Park Swimming Pool photos
  • North Park Skating Rink photos
  • North Park Spillway photos
  • North Park Filtration Plant photos
  • Roads in North Park
    • Babcock Boulevard photos
    • Brown Road photos
    • Hemlock Drive photos
    • Ingomar Road photos
    • Kummer Road photos
    • Lake Shore Drive photos
    • North Ridge Road photos
    • Pearce Mill Road photos
    • South Ridge Drive photos
    • Walter Road photos
    • West Ridge Drive photos
  • View all of the North Park photos on the Historic Pittsburgh website
  • View all of Northland’s photos on the Historic Pittsburgh website
  • View all North Park items (including maps and documents) on the Historic Pittsburgh website

North Park construction plans

  • 1935 Construction Plan of Babcock Blvd, Lake, Dam, & Lakeshore Dr
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr title page
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 1
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 2
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 3
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 4
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 5
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 6
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 7
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 8
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 9
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 10
    • North Park 1935 Babcock Lake Dam and Lakeshore Dr page 11
  • Standpipe (Water Tower) Plans
    • Standpipe plans – Commemorative plaque
    • Standpipe plans – Cancer
    • Standpipe plans – Capricornus
    • Standpipe plans – Leo
    • Standpipe plans – Libro (Libra)
    • Standpipe plans – Pisces
    • Standpipe plans – Scorpio
    • Standpipe plans – North Arrow Tail Piece
    • Standpipe plans – North East West Points
    • Standpipe plans – structure
    • Standpipe plans – Terrazzo Floor
  • Babcock Blvd Bridge No. 26 1935
  • Babcock Blvd Spillway North Park Dam 1935 (1)
  • Babcock Blvd Spillway North Park Dam 1935 (2)
  • Babcock Blvd Spillway North Park Dam 1935 (3)
  • Babcock Blvd Spillway North Park Dam 1935 (4)
  • Babcock Blvd Core Wall North Park Dam 1935 (1)
  • Babcock Blvd Core Wall North Park Dam 1935 (2)
  • Babcock Blvd Spillway North Park Dam 1936
  • Boat House 1935 Location Plan and General Notes
  • Boat House 1935 Foundation Plan and Details
  • Boat House 1935 Floor Plans and Schedules
  • Boat House 1935 Front Elevation and Details
  • Boat House 1935 Rear Elevation and Details
  • Boat House 1935 Stair Details
  • Boat House 1935 Tower Details
  • Old Police Barracks 1955 (1)
  • Old Police Barracks 1955 (2)
  • Old Police Barracks 1955 (3)
  • Old Police Barracks 1955 (4)
  • Old Police Barracks 1955 (5)
  • New Roof Plans for Park Shelters 1964
  • North Park Lake Elevations 1935
  • North and South Parks Plan and Sections for Shelter Concrete Floors 1941
  • North Park School House Grove Plans 1940 (1)
  • North Park School House Grove Plans 1940 (2)
  • North Park School House Grove Plans 1940 (3)
  • North Park School House Grove Plans 1940 (4)
  • Stone Pylons Building Plans 1937
  • Ranch House Building Plans 1941
  • Sanitary Toilet Building Plans North and South Parks
  • Shelter-A Details North and South Parks 1958

North Park maps

  • North Park Property Map 1927
  • North Park Property Map 1933
  • North Park Topographic Map 1933
  • North Park Map 1935
  • North Park Map 1940
  • North Park Map 1956

North Park reports

  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report title page
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 526-527
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 528-529
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 530-531
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 532-533
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 534-535
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 536-537
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 538-539
  • 1928-29 Annual Parks Report pages 540-541
  • 1931 Annual Parks Report pages 583-595
  • 1931 Annual Parks Report pages 596-609
  • 1931 Annual Parks Report pages 610-625
  • 1931 Annual Parks Report pages 626-641
  • 1932 Annual Parks Report
  • 1933 Annual Parks Report
  • 1934 Annual Parks Report
  • 1935 Annual Parks Report
  • 1936 Annual Parks Report
  • 1937 Annual Parks Report
  • 1938 Annual Parks Report
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 356-357
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 358-359
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 360-361
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 364-365
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 366-367
  • 1939 Annual Parks Report pages 368-369
  • 1940 Annual Parks Report
  • 1941 Annual Parks Report

Additional North Park history resources

  • LT J.T. Stone Field Inaugural Program September 1, 1971
  • North Park Civilian Conservation Corps camp- Wildwood, PA
  • North Park Civilian Conservation Corps camp documents from 1933-1934

Links to North Park in the 1940 Real Estate Plat Map published by the G. M. Hopkins Co.

  • Plate 30

Newspaper articles

  • March 25, 1931 – Last of Native Americans in County Parks to Leave
  • November 17, 1934 – Plans for Lake in North Park Again Studied
  • July 2, 1935 – Recreation Group Entertains at Camp
  • July 6, 1937 – North Park’s New Swimming Pool is Dedicated
  • August 8, 1937 – Observation Tower Opens in North Park
  • April 26, 1938 – North Park Clubhouse to be Dedicated May 30
  • August 31, 1938 – Parks Provide Varied Recreational Facilities
  • January 25, 1939 – Indian Relic Fight Grows More Bitter
  • January 25, 1939 – Revenue at Parks Totals $108,029
  • September 7, 1941 – North Park Trap Range…Taking Form as One of Best in Country 
  • March 10, 1946 – County to Spend $160,000 to Primp Up its Big Parks
  • January 8, 1948 – North Park Staff to Learn How to Out-Fox Wily Fox
  • July 30, 1948 – To Improve North Park Golf Course
  • September 23, 1948 – Foxes Must Go So North Park Can Get Quail
  • July 4, 1949 – North Park Picnic Fuel Hit by Fire
  • August 7, 1952 – North Park Gals Lovely
  • August 9, 1952 – New Civil War Rages Over Park Pool Girls
  • January 17, 1957 – Ice Hemming in North Park Ducks
  • May 13, 1957 – Fish Swept Into Pine Creek after Accident; Hundreds Gather Prizes from Water
  • May 13, 1957 – Thousands of Fish Lost as Dam Drains
  • November 25, 1957 – New Lamps for Old
  • August 6, 1960 – North Park Opening Set in November
  • September 29, 1969 – Cracks Inch Towards North Park Pool
  • November 27, 1970 – Blind Get Own Forest Walk in North Park
  • October 26, 1974 – Contractor Disables North Park Bridge
  • November 10, 1977 – North Park Bike Trail is Fun, Safe – Exhausting
  • July 5, 1979 – Trash Piles Up in North Park; Pickets Blamed
  • October 2, 1980 – North Park to get Temporary Lake Next Year
  • July 30, 1981 – Naturalist Joe Grom a North Park Resource
  • April 1, 1988 – April Fool
  • April 19, 1989 – Letting Nature Take Its Course
  • May 17, 2007 – Joseph E. Cole: North Park’s ‘Zamboni Man’ and Proprieter of Cole’s Hotel in Pine
  • March 11, 2012 – North Park Lake has new lease on life

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