May 31, 2023
1439 Walnut Street, Edgewood, PA, USA
Original Owner: William Edmund Moore Commissioned circa 1909 by William Edmund Moore I, Chief Accountant for People’s Natural Gas Company, and completed circa 1910. William Moore and his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Furlong-Moore and their family of 8 children took residence in the 3,000 square-foot Victorian by 1911. The house was situated on a quarter-of-an-acre lot, high on a hill with commanding views of the surrounding neighborhood known then as Edgewood Park. Nearby neighbors included members of the George Westinghouse family, who resided just two blocks away in a gothic style mansion along the main Avenue through Edgewood Park. The Moore Family remained in residence at the house until 1983.
1439 Walnut Street, Edgewood, PA, USA
Original Owner: William Edmund Moore Commissioned circa 1909 by William Edmund Moore I, Chief Accountant for People’s Natural Gas Company, and completed circa 1910. William Moore and his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Furlong-Moore and their family of 8 children took residence in the 3,000 square-foot Victorian by 1911. The house was situated on a quarter-of-an-acre lot, high on a hill with commanding views of the surrounding neighborhood known then as Edgewood Park. Nearby neighbors included members of the George Westinghouse family, who resided just two blocks away in a gothic style mansion along the main Avenue through Edgewood Park. The Moore Family remained in residence at the house until 1983.
May 31, 2023
Posted Date
May 31, 2023
Historical Record Date
May 31, 2023
Source Name
Brick Story
