the point of confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers forming the Ohio River
Governing body
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Website
Point State Park
United States historic place
Forks of the Ohio
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Marker denoting the point of confluence
NRHP reference No.
66000643[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966
Designated NHL
October 9, 1960[3]
Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
Built on land that was acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises during the 1950s, this park opened in August 1974[4] after construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. The Fort Pitt Museum, which is housed in the Monongahela Bastion of Fort Pitt, commemorates the French and Indian War (1754–63), during which the area soon to become Pittsburgh became a major battlefield. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960 for its role in the strategic struggles between Native Americans, French colonists, and British colonists, for control of the Ohio River watershed.[5]
^"Point State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^"Forks of the Ohio". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
^"Point State Park fountain to overflow with renovations". www.postgazette.com.
^"NHL nomination for Forks of the Ohio". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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