McKeesport Heritage Center / Local Museums

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The Center will be CLOSED in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 26. Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28.

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A one-of-a-kind local museum dedicated to the

people, places & things of McKeesport and the Mon Valley.

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HERITAGE CLASSIC FLOCK HOODIES

PRE-ORDERS ONLY (January Delievery)

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Please review our new temporary standards for Re-Opening before your next visit.

Help us identify people in our collections. We are always adding new photos. Click on the picture to the right, to see our photos.

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Jerome St. Bridge

"The Jerome Street Bridge replaces two narrow steel bridges erected in 1890 and crosses the Youghiogheny River to McKeesport. It was completed in August 1939 at a construction cost of $575,033 and a project cost of $783,124."
(Short and Brown)

The People's Bank Building

5th Avenue, McKeesport

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Helen Richey & Frances Marsalies

Record breaking aviatrix & her partner, Frances Marsalies after they broke the record for longest in-air flight.

Penn McKee Juke Box

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Kennywood Park

Jacob Soles

One of the four McKeesport Soldiers who carried Lincoln from Ford's Theater

Hazel Garland

First African-American woman editor of a nationally distributed newspaper.

Arnold Varga

Artwork by reknown McKeesport illustrator, Arnold Varga for Cox's Dept. Store

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Opened in 1926, the Penn McKee Hotel was the place for all important events. V.I.P. guests included Amelia Earhart, who stayed there when visiting her friend, McKeesport Aviatrix Helen Richey, and Harry S. Truman. In 1947, then-congressmen Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy held a debate of the Taft-Hartley labor act in the ballroom.

The Famous fire

1976 fire that started on the roof of The Famous, a closed McKeesport department store.

Henrietta Leaver

Miss America 1935

DJ Terry Lee

Queen Aliquippa & George Washington

"Overcoats" by Jeff Madden

Jerome St. Bridge

"The Jerome Street Bridge replaces two narrow steel bridges erected in 1890 and crosses the Youghiogheny River to McKeesport. It was completed in August 1939 at a construction cost of $575,033 and a project cost of $783,124."
(Short and Brown)

The People's Bank Building

5th Avenue, McKeesport

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Helen Richey & Frances Marsalies

Record breaking aviatrix & her partner, Frances Marsalies after they broke the record for longest in-air flight.

Penn McKee Juke Box

orchard 6161

Kennywood Park

Jacob Soles

One of the four McKeesport Soldiers who carried Lincoln from Ford's Theater

Hazel Garland

First African-American woman editor of a nationally distributed newspaper.

Arnold Varga

Artwork by reknown McKeesport illustrator, Arnold Varga for Cox's Dept. Store

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Opened in 1926, the Penn McKee Hotel was the place for all important events. V.I.P. guests included Amelia Earhart, who stayed there when visiting her friend, McKeesport Aviatrix Helen Richey, and Harry S. Truman. In 1947, then-congressmen Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy held a debate of the Taft-Hartley labor act in the ballroom.

The Famous fire

1976 fire that started on the roof of The Famous, a closed McKeesport department store.

Henrietta Leaver

Miss America 1935

DJ Terry Lee

Queen Aliquippa & George Washington

"Overcoats" by Jeff Madden

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Helen Richey & Frances Marsalies

Record breaking aviatrix & her partner, Frances Marsalies after they broke the record for longest in-air flight.