Neill Log House

Neill Log House
City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark
Picture of the Neill Log House on April 10, 2010
Location:	East Circuit Road near Serpentine Drive in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°26′09″N 79°56′08″W / 40.435847°N 79.935606°W / 40.435847; -79.935606Coordinates: 40°26′09″N 79°56′08″W / 40.435847°N 79.935606°W / 40.435847; -79.935606
Built/Founded:	ca. 1787[1]
Governing body/Owner:	City of Pittsburgh
City designated:	February 28, 1977[2]
PHLF designated:	1970[3]

The Neill Log House is a historic log cabin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation placed a Historic Landmark Plaque on the building in 1970.^[3] In 1977, it was named a City of Pittsburgh Designated Historic Structure.^[2] It is part of Schenley Park U.S. Historic District^[4]

The building was constructed around 1787 by the Neill family, who owned 262 acres in what is now Schenley Park.^[1] The house passed through several hands before being sold to Col.^[1] James O'Hara, who left the property to his granddaughter Mary Schenley, who donated the land to the city in 1889.^[1]

It currently sits preserved in Schenley Park with a fence around it (though it is open to the public periodically).

The log house is also featured on the cover of A Guidebook To Historic Western Pennsylvania by Helene Smith and George Swetnam.^[5]

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Smith, Craig (December 24, 2007). "Future of historical buildings precarious". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/s_544278.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Designated Historic Buildings Structures and Sites Located in the City of Pittsburgh" (PDF). Historic Review Commission of Pittsburgh. October 2005. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/historic_review_commission/05_Designated_Bldgs_and_Structures.pdf. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009: Architecturally significant structures, districts, and designed landscapes in the Pittsburgh region" (PDF). Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf. 
4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
5. ^ Smith, Helene; George Swetnam (1991). A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822954248. http://books.google.com/books?id=seU_PgAACAAJ.