Downtown Landmarks Math
Fort Pitt Blockhouse

Fort Pitt Blockhouse photo (Grand Concourse)
Fort Pitt Blockhouse silhouette
scale: y axis 0-800 feet

Facts Figures
 The Blockhouse was built in 1764.  How old is the Blockhouse?
 The Blockhouse has five sides and each side is about 22 feet long.

 What is the perimeter of the Blockhouse?

 Beginning in 1785, the Blockhouse was used as a home. In 1787, Neville B. Craig was born there. He became one of Pittsburgh's first historians.

 How old was the Blockhouse when Neville B. Craig was born there?

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