East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
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| Neighborhood of Pittsburgh | |
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
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| Coordinates: 40°27′43″N 79°55′26″W / 40.462°N 79.924°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny County |
| City | Pittsburgh |
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| • Total | 0.581 sq mi (1.50 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,869 |
| • Density | 10,000/sq mi (3,900/km2) |
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East Liberty Commercial Historic District
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| Area | Roughly bounded by Penn, Sheridan, and Centre Avenues and Kirkwood and South Whitfield Streets |
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| NRHP Reference # | 10001072 |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 2010 |
East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Councilwoman Deborah Gross. One of the most notable features in the East Liberty skyline is the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, which is an area landmark.
Around the time of the American Revolution, East Liberty was a free grazing area in Allegheny County located a few miles east of the young, growing town called Pittsburgh. (In older English usage, a "liberty" was a plot of common land on the outskirts of a town.)
Two farming patriarchs owned much of the nearby land, and their descendants' names grace streets in and around East Liberty today. John Conrad Winebiddle owned land west of present-day East Liberty, in what are now Bloomfield, Garfield, and Friendship, and his daughter Barbara inherited a portion close to what is now East Liberty. Alexander Negley owned a farm called "Fertile Bottom" north of present-day East Liberty along the southern bank of the Allegheny River. Negley's land included some of present-day East Liberty and much of nearby Highland Park, Morningside, Larimer, and Stanton Heights.
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