Harris House/”Mystery Manor”/First Home of the National Negro Opera Company - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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7101 Apple Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
13-room Queen Anne house (1894); City Historic Landmark; Eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places
Located prominently on a hill in Lincoln-Lemington, William A. "Woogie" Harris (brother of Teenie Harris) bought the house in 1930. It was the first home of the National Negro Opera Company, organized in 1941 by Madam Mary Cardwell Dawson, who rehearsed on the third floor. The company started rehearsing in a building in East Liberty under another name before moving to Apple Street. Later, in the 1950s, Woogie would rent out the house to such notables as Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Jefferson, John Nesby, and Marvin Woodson, all of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and musician Lena Horne. It represents the cultural richness and the influence of Pittsburgh's black community on the nation in performing arts and sports, as well as the company's role in binding the black community of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
13-room Queen Anne house (1894); City Historic Landmark; Eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places
Located prominently on a hill in Lincoln-Lemington, William A. "Woogie" Harris (brother of Teenie Harris) bought the house in 1930. It was the first home of the National Negro Opera Company, organized in 1941 by Madam Mary Cardwell Dawson, who rehearsed on the third floor. The company started rehearsing in a building in East Liberty under another name before moving to Apple Street. Later, in the 1950s, Woogie would rent out the house to such notables as Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Roy Jefferson, John Nesby, and Marvin Woodson, all of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and musician Lena Horne. It represents the cultural richness and the influence of Pittsburgh's black community on the nation in performing arts and sports, as well as the company's role in binding the black community of Pittsburgh.
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