National Negro Opera House Hearing at Pittsburgh Council

PREPARED TESTIMONY OF

ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ.

GENERAL COUNSEL

PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION

BEFORE THE PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NATIONAL NEGRO OPERA HOUSE

CITY HISTORIC STRUCTURE DESIGNATION

MAY 7, 2008

Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (Landmarks) supports the nomination of 7101 Apple Street, the National Negro Opera House, to be a City-Designated Historic Structure.  Built in 1894, this Queen Anne-style house received a historical marker from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1994, and is included in African American Historic Sites Survey of Allegheny County, published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1994, and A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Landmarks in Allegheny County, published by Landmarks in 1995.

Therefore, Landmarks supports the designation of this site as a City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure.