5671 - 5679 Beacon Street, cottages

Porter hates when I hold up his walk with a photo opp! He thinks it's a waste of our time.

Here are four more cottages on Beacon. They look a lot like these ones, and once again, they offer their residents a lovely front lawn.





Okay, got 'em!

5670, 5674, 5702 and 5706 Beacon Street, houses

Back to Squirrel Hill!

Beagle in Springtime

I showed you the cottages on Beacon. Now let's look at 4 more houses designed in 1912 for Albert Q. Starr (who commissioned the homes we looked at here on Denniston).

5670 Beacon has a nice balcony and, if you peer through the arch, you'll see a lovely feature of the front door: it comes out and faces the world on a diagonal.

Here's a clearer shot of that balcony over the front door.

Let's keep walking to 5674, which sits up a little bit above Beacon Street.

Sorry, owners of 5674. Porter is a little nosy.

as am I.

5702: pretty!

The inside of 5702 seems to have been renovated quite a bit over the years.

Hey, a built-in! It doesn't look original to me, though.

And here is 5706, which has some privacy hedges that blocked my prying eyes. I do love the asymmetrical shape of this home. 

Hamilton Cottages, 5629 - 5669 Beacon Street

I love Squirrel Hill, and any chance to walk my Beagle past coffee shops, pizza places, movie theaters, and plenty of places for tea, curry, ice cream and even waffles.

Sunday was a very good day to pursue the Scheibler treasure hunt, because it was one of my favorite days of the year -- 61 cent day at the 61C Cafe! Every year on their birthday, they offer 61-cent espresso drinks. I plan my whole day around it.

Their spinach and feta scones are our favorite breakfast. 

With the help of some caffeine, we headed up Beacon to what is now called Beacon Commons, owned by Walnut Capital. These 21 cottages were reportedly "lovingly restored and completely updated" in 2000, but some original details from 1910 and 1911, particularly the doors, seem to remain. You can see some photos of the interiors on Walnut Capital's website. Click here. 

In Frederick Scheibler's Day, they were called the Hamilton Cottages. They were commissioned by Robinson and Bruckman, who also commissioned the Old Heidelberg. They're made of red brick with six rooms in two stories.

Once again, Scheibler shows great appreciation for the outdoors. You can now park in the (relatively new) parking lot in front of the cottages, but you can't drive up to the front doors. You have to take a meandering walkway on foot. 

View from Beacon. 

And here are some photos of 5629 Beacon Street on Zillow.com.