About the Project

An interactive map for exploring the historical Jewish community of Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead, Pennsylvania, located across the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh, is best known for its steel-making heritage. For a century, the riverfront was dominated by steel mills. After the collapse of the steel industry, the mills were replaced with big-box stores, and the area became a popular shopping destination. But before the steel mills and retail, the Homestead riverfront was a residential area with a thriving Jewish community.

This interactive map shows the Jewish community of Homestead from 1890-1945, as recorded in the city directories. Scroll through the time slider to examine the changing patterns of Jewish settlement, and then click a record to get more information about the people who lived there in that year.

• Search for a person by name or search for a current or historic address
• Symbolize the people by birth country, immmigration year, or synagogue membership
• See the Sanborn map legend and common abbreviations
• See the 1944 and 1965 Homestead Steel Works site plan legends

Genealogical data provided by Tammy Hepps. For more information, visit Homestead Hebrews.

Map developed by Lauren Winkler.

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Record Search

Search for a person by name.

Display by Attribute

Show the households according to birth country, immigration year, or synagogue membership at the Homestead Hebrew Congregation

In households with multiple people, records are displayed based on the head of household.

Sanborn Map Legend

• D - Dwelling
• F - Flat
• S - Store
• B. & S. - Boots and shoes
• Clo. - Clothing
• D.G. - Dry goods
• Gro. - Grocery
• Off. - Office
• Sal. - Saloon
• Vac. - Vacant
• W. Ho. - Warehouse
• All Abbreviations

Homestead Steel Works Legends

1. Foundry Department
2. Foundry
3. Finishing Department
4. Machine Shop
5. Offices
6. Finishing Department
7. Barbette
8. Box Shop

9. Shear Building
10. Shipping Building
11. Shipping Building
12. Shear Building
13. Mill Building
14. Shear Building
15. Motor Room
16. Offices
17. Slab Furnace Building
18. Slab Yard
19. Slab Yard

19. Soaking Pit
20. Mill Building
21. Motor Room
22. Stripper

24. Slab Yard No. 1
25. Slab Yard No. 2
26. In and Out Furnace
27. Recirculation Pump
28. Slab and Plate Mill Offices
29. Motor Room
30. Flame Cutting
31. Roll Shop
32. Mill Building
33. Shear Building
34. Shipping Building
35. Pump House No. 3

36. Mould Yard
37. Cinder Yard
38. Scrap Drop
39. Pouring Side
40. Charging Side
41. Mixer
42. Fuel Tanks
43. Stock Yard

44. Cinder Yard No. 2
45. Scrap Drop No. 2
46. Heating Furnace
47. Press Shop No. 2
48. Machine Shop
49. Storage Yard
50. Storage Room

51. Fabricating Shop
52. Conditioning Yard No. 2
53. Pump House No. 2
54. Conditioning Yard No. 1
55. Amity Street Gate
56. 30" Mill Building (Pre-existing)
57. Rusin Hall (Pre-existing)

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1. No. 1 & No. 2 Shear
2. Shipping
3. Shipping
4. Shear Building
5. No. 3 Shear
6. Run Out Building
7. No. 4 Shear
8. 100" Mill
9. Motor Room
10. 100" Mill Office
11. 100" Mill Slab Yard
12. Roll Shop
13. Continuous Furnace Building

14. Slab Yard "A"
15. Slab Yard "B"
16. Slab Yard "C"
17. Motor Room
18. Soaking Pits
19. 45" Universal Slabbing Mill

20. 160" Mill Slab Yard
21. Batch Furnace Buildlng
22. Recirculating Pump House
23. Motor Room
24. Flame Cutting
25. Green Inspection Building
26. 160" & 45" Roll Shop & Locomotive Repair
27. Shear Building
28. Shipping
29. Plate Treating Building

30. Mould Conditioning
31. Cinder Drop
32. Scrap Drop
33. Tapping Aisle
34. Charging Aisle
35. Mixer Building
36. Fuel Tanks
37. Stock Yard
38. Fuel Tanks

39. Pump House No. 3
40. Slab & Plate Mill Office
41. Ingot Stripper
42. Mould Spray
43. Fabricating Shop
44. Physical Testing Lab
45. Pump House No. 2
46. Amity Street Gate & Hospital
47. No. 1 Conditioning Building
48. Ingot Stripper
49. South Cinder Yard
50. Central Maintenance (Former 30" Mill)
51. South Scrap Drop
52. Press Shop No. 2
53. Machine Shop No. 3
54. Rusin Hall
55. General Office Building
56. Store Room No. 2
57. Construction Warehouse
58. Paint Shop
59. Site Of Open Hearth No. 3
60. Machine Shop No. 1 Annex, "Big Little Shop"
61. Machine Shop No. 1, "Big Shop"
62. Electric Department
63. Blacksmith Shop
64. Chipping Yard
65. Press Shop No. 1
66. Harvey Shop
67. Carpenter Shop
68. Sign Shop
69. Roll Processing Building
70. Locomotive Shop
71. Pattern Storage
72. Brick And Cement Storage
73. Paymaster Buildlng
74. Roll Storage
75. Chem Lab
76. Main Roll Shop
77. Pump House No. 1
78. Water Tower
79. Flame Cutting & Conditioning
80. 140" Plate Mill Building

81. Vertical Furnace Building
82. Extension
83. Extension No. 2

84. Pit Furnaces
85. 54" and 44" Blooming Mills
86. 52" Mill and 28"/32" Mills
87. Office
88. Office
89. Shear And Shipping Yards

90. Stripper And Mould Yard
91. Furnace Building
92. Stock Yard
93. Incline Transfer Building

94. Armor Plate Processing
95. Shipping
96. Stainless Processing

97. Slab Yard
98. Furnace Building
99. 48" Mill Building
100. Shear & Shipping Building

1. Ladle House
2. Pig Casting
3. Ore Thawing Shed
4. Sintering Plan
5. Ore Yard
6. Blast Furnace No. 6
7. Blast Furnace No. 7
8. Slag Treatment
9. Boiler Shop
10. Spare Storage
11. Ore Yard
12. Car Dumper
13. No. 3 Power Plant
14. Blast Furnace No. 1
15. Site of Blast Furnace No. 2
16. Carrie Machine Shop
17. Pump House
18. Turbo-Generator Buildlng
19. Boiler House
20. Blast Furnace No. 3
21. Blast Furnace No. 4
22. Ore Yard
23. Water Plant
24. Hot Metal Bridge