History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ening ofthe thoroughfare, his neighbors and passing travelersjocularly criticized his waste of land, but he calmlyreplied that the day was coming when the valley wouldneed a wide thoroughfare. He endeavored to have thatwidth continue into the city, but was unable to convincethe other property holders of the wisdom of his prop-osition. He was a director of the Farmers and Me-chanics Bank of Pittsburgh, in early days located onThird street, between Market and Wood streets. June 19, 1795, Ja
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ening ofthe thoroughfare, his neighbors and passing travelersjocularly criticized his waste of land, but he calmlyreplied that the day was coming when the valley wouldneed a wide thoroughfare. He endeavored to have thatwidth continue into the city, but was unable to convincethe other property holders of the wisdom of his prop-osition. He was a director of the Farmers and Me-chanics Bank of Pittsburgh, in early days located onThird street, between Market and Wood streets. June 19, 1795, Jacob Negley married Barbara AnnaWinebiddle, daughter of John Conrad Winebiddle. In 1808 he built what was then regarded as the finestresidence west of the Allegheny mountains, a large redbrick edifice known as the Negley Mansion, at the inter-section of what is now North Negley and Stanton ave-nues, the brick being made on the grounds. This oldmansion stood until about the opening of the presentcentury. Mr. Negley located Negley avenue in a directsoutherly line from his front door to the Pittsburgh and. _£^t^s ^^is/^J--:^/^uJ ^?-- ^:-^f. u^.:;.t^ ^ ^^^ AQf ^.
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