Friday, July 31, 2026
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens allows one to experience the Gilded Age in Pittsburgh's East End, a legacy of Helen Clay Frick, daughter of Henry Clay Frick who was an industrialist and art collector. The grounds and certain exhibits are free to the public, but tours of the Clayton House and special exhibits in the art museum have admission fees. With our Tyler Arboretum membership, we were able to see everything.
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The Playhouse (1897, by Alden & Harlow in Arts and
Crafts style) held a drawing room for Helen and her brother
Childs to entertain friends, plus a bowling alley and a dark
room for Childs pursuit of photography; on the second floor
was a gymnasium that was also used for dance lessons |
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| Kitchen Garden |
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| Allium seed balls over marigolds |
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A hedge of Eriocapitella hupehensis/Japanese Anemone
with buds... |
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| Japanese Anemone flower |
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The Japanese Anemone was backed by
Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum'/Yellow-fruited
European Cranberrybush Viburnum |
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| Yellow-fruited European Cranberrybush Viburnum fruit |
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Greenhouse reconstruction of the original
(1897, by Alden & Harlow) |
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| Greenhouse conservatory |
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| Bougainvillea sp |
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Gomphrena globosa 'Raspberry Cream'/
Raspberry Cream Globe Amaranth |
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| Callistephus Chinensis/Chinese Aster |
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| Osteospermum ecklonis/African Daisy |
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Papilio troilus/Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly was
caught in the window trying to escape upwards until
we convinced him to go down and out |
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Another flowering bush hedge: Calycanthus x 'Aphrodite'/
'Aphrodite' Sweetshrub |
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Clayton House (1891-1892 expansion of 1870 house in
Italianate style that was purchased by Henry Clay Frick
in 1882 with his new wife, Adelaide Howard Childs)
was designed by Frederick J Osterling in Chateau style;
the open porch was enclosed in 1899 |
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| The porte-cochère was part of the 1870 house |
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| The exterior of Clayton is being meticulously restored |
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| Clayton from one of the gates (KSS) |
No photos were permitted inside the Clayton mansion.
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| Platanus occidentalis/American Sycamore trees |
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Henry Clay Frick eventually purchased adjoining properties,
such as the Haller House (1910, in Arts & Crafts style),
which are now used for administrative offices of The Frick |
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Hibiscus moscheutos 'Luna Red'/
Luna Red Dinner Plate Hibiscus |
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Grable Visitor Center (2014, by Schwartz/Silver and
Associates and Loysen + Kreuthmeier)
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Inside the Visitor Center a wood ceiling
is suspended by glass walls |
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| The Café at the Frick (former Haller House garage) |
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We needed more than our "Grab 'n' Go" hotel breakfast;
Liege Belgian Waffles with strawberries and
house-made clotted cream
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Brick pedestals and gates are from the
Frick Summer Cottage in MA |
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