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Paperback Wilkinsburg Book

ISBN: 0738549177

ISBN13: 9780738549170

Wilkinsburg

(Part of the Images of America: Pennsylvania Series)

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Wilkinsburg, named for Gen. John Wilkins Jr., was incorporated as a borough in 1887. The village was founded on a 266-acre parcel purchased in 1789 by Col. Dunning McNair, who also laid the central street plan. After McNair's death in 1825, the village was purchased by James Kelly. Caring deeply about the social life of the community, Kelly donated the land for most of the schools, churches, and residences for the elderly. When Wilkinsburg was annexed...

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