Highland Park The Highland Park Neighborhood of Pittsburgh

Highland Park has played a role in the development of the nation since the first settler arrived in 1778.

Early nineteenth century farms and estates were divided into lots for suburban development following the civil war. Pittsburgh boomed as a center of industry, and Highland Park filled with elegant homes of prosperous merchants, business owners, and factory managers.

By the early 1890s, nearly one million dollars per year was going into home construction in the old nineteenth ward of Highland Park and part of East Liberty. The Highland Park, the Highland Park Zoo, the reservoir, streetlights and trolleys brought improvements associated with a city's industrial success.

In the early twentieth century, more homes were built between on remaining open land. People filled the neighborhood as estates were further divided and many large homes demolished for residential development.