Frick Park Gatehouse at Reynolds Street
In 1935, the Reynolds and Beechwood formal entrances to Frick Park were installed. But after years of neglect, the gatehouses fell into disrepair. As PPC’s first showcase project, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservatory restored the gatehouse at Reynolds Street using the plans of John Russell Pope, architect, and Innocenti and Webel, landscape architects. The stone sidewall was rebuilt and the stonework of the gatehouse and walls repainted and cleaned. The windows, which had been bricked over, were fitted with steel and black iron window bars to match the originals. New cypress doors, fabricated to match the originals as closely as possible, were also installed, reusing some of the original hardware. A blended clay tile roof and historic lighting were added. Dead trees were removed and existing trees pruned to sustain the vitality of the area. Also, many new trees and bushes were planted, including Sugar maples, Juneberries, flowering Dogwoods, and Forsythia bushes.
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