Presston

Presston is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Stowe Twp., Allegheny County, dedicated 2009.

Presston Park, Ohio St. & Center St., Presston, Stowe Twp.

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Pressed Steel Car Company provided worker housing at substantial cost to employees, keeping them in constant debt. During the 1909 McKees Rocks strike against the company, immigrant workers were evicted from their homes. The evictions led to the August 22 "Bloody Sunday Uprising" where at least 11 people died. The houses were sold after the company ceased operations in 1949. Constructed in 1899 as Schoenville, the neighborhood's appearance remains similar to 1909.

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Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Pennsylvania (western portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Carnegie, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Carnegie, Pennsylvania, 1904, covering the location of Presston, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carnegie, Pennsylvania, 1904, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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