Fort Pitt Blockhouse

Built in 1764, the Fort Pitt Block House is all that remains of Fort Pitt, one of the largest and most elaborate British forts in North America and a key defense during the French and Indian War.

The Block House has stood in its same location for nearly 250 years – a witness to Pittsburgh’s history as a frontier fort, large industrial center and leading modern city. Gifted to the Fort Pitt Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1894, it has remained free and open to visitors for over a century.