Bost Building

Bost Building
Managing organization
Address
623 E 8th Ave,
Homestead, PA 15120
Operating schedule
Monday - Friday. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Phone number
412.464.4020
Fax
412.464.4417
Notes
Admission: $5.00 suggested donation.

During the 1892 labor strike, which pitted Carnegie Steel Company against the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, the Bost Building served as the union's local headquarters and as the base for American and British newspaper correspondents reporting on the event.

The Bost Building is one of the best surviving structures associated with this important event. In 1990, the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation (SIHC) identified the building from a series of reports on the strike in Harper's Weekly Magazine.

The building was abandoned and on the verge of collapse. SIHC recognized the potential and understood the value of rehabilitating a structure of such significance in the community's and nation's history.

Under the direction of Richard Schmitz with the architectural firm of MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, SIHC rehabilitated the property for use as their offices, a museum, and to house the main visitors' center for the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.

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