The Oldest House in Pittsburgh Is a Scottish Pub in Hazelwood. Here’s Its Story.
Around 1792, when Pittsburgh was barely a city and the surrounding region was still very much a frontier, the Woods family built a stone house overlooking the Monongahela River in what is now Hazelwood. That house is still standing. It is a two-and-a-half-story vernacular rubblestone house with hand-hewn beams, wide-plank floors, and fireplaces at each…