John Ormsby (1720–1805) was a soldier in the French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and the American Revolution, and among the first settlers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of the Anglo-Irish landed gentry, he emigrated from Ireland to the Thirteen Colonies in 1752. After Pontiac's Rebellion, he received a land grant from King George III, and established a homestead on the banks of the Monongahela River. He established extensive economic and merchant interests in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and at the head of the Ohio River.
Present Day Photo of the South Side in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John Ormsby's Burial Site at Trinity Churchyard in Pittsburgh
The South Side Flats is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Side area. It is located just south of the Monongahela River. The neighborhood has one of the City of Pittsburgh's largest concentrations of 19th-century homes, which has prompted outsiders to call the neighborhood the City's Georgetown. It includes many bars and restaurants as well as residences. The main throughway in the South Side Flats is East Carson Street. The street is home to a significant portion of Pittsburgh's nightlife.
East Carson and 13th in 2008.
Bedford School, built in 1850, at 910 Bingham Street.
Former First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (now Gypsy Café), built 1854, at 20 South 14th Street.
City Theatre, built in 1859, at 1300 Bingham Street.
