The Boggs Mansion – The Inn on the Mexican War Streets

Dec 6

604 W North Avenue | 10 am – 1 pm

YOUR EXPERIENCE

Experience how the wealthy of Pittsburgh lived by viewing this mansion, including some of its main rooms and the basement where the staff worked. There are multiple one-of-a-kind items in the home, including a European fireplace made of blood marble, which was usually reserved for royal tombs. Guests will also see the beautiful carriage house where the prize horses and buggies were kept. Delve into the historic stories of the home as well as its restoration into Pittsburgh’s most beautiful boutique hotel, featuring 8 guest rooms and 9 bathrooms.

ABOUT THIS BUILDING

Designed by H.H. Richardson (who also built the Allegheny County Courthouse) and his apprentices, this home is a masterpiece, built at a cost of $88,000 in 1888, which would be $2.5 million in today’s money. The original owner, Russell Boggs, made his money as the owner of a Northside department store, and his mansion was his townhouse. His larger home is in what is today Sewickley Heights and was called Hollenberg. Boggs died in this home following a polo injury.

This century-old mansion has served as a baron’s estate, funeral home, seminary housing, and is now a boutique hotel. The mansion was actually set to be demolished until Jeff Stasko and Karl Kargle bought it in 1998 for $100,000 and restored it to its original glory before opening it to overnight guests.