Mansions on Fifth

Pittsburgh


These two early-20th-century homes are convenient to the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museums. Rooms are spacious and plush, but it's the stained glass, high ceilings and other period details that set it apart. There's a piano in the lobby.


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