Oakmont, PA 15139
Third Wednesday of every month, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Go back over a hundred years and take a new look at a period in Pittsburgh’s history often characterized by the extremes of late 19th-century America: fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Between the millionaires of industry and the great masses of often-impoverished immigrants existed a middle class that is easily overshadowed yet whose story has great relevance to 21st-century America.
The Kerr Memorial Museum brings this story to life. Experience the warmth and charm of life as it was lived by a small-town doctor, his wife, and his daughter in their gracious home in Oakmont, a quaint suburban town that provided an escape from the often-harsh conditions of life in the city.
The Kerr House, commissioned by Dr. Thomas R. Kerr in 1897, stands as a fine example of a late 19th-century Queen Anne-style home. The house functioned not only as the residence of Thomas and Jessie Kerr and their only child, Virginia, but also as the location of Dr. Kerr’s medical office.
Committed to the community throughout their lives, Dr. Kerr provided personalized medical care as a family physician, and his daughter Virginia taught English in the Oakmont public schools for 42 years. Virginia Kerr never married and lived in the family home her entire life.
Upon her death in 1994, Virginia bequeathed her beloved 14-room home to the Borough of Oakmont to be used as a museum in memory of her father. Restored to its original glory, the house contains an extensive collection of Kerr family memorabilia and documents, providing a wonderful illustration of a professional family at the beginning of the 20th century.
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