I shared the following item of interest with members of the Highland Park History group yesterday. The History Group formed last year and has met 3 times. If you are interested in neighborhood history or know someone who is, pass this on to them as an invitation to join the group. Contact me for details. And if you want to discuss the historical details, pleased reply to history@highlandpark.pgh.pa.us directly. -Rudy A recent news item in the Tribune Review (on-line) reports that a brass chandelier from the former Flinn mansion near the head of Highland Avenue is among the articles in the Great Hall in the manor at Hartwood Acres where the ceiling collapsed. The article does not state whether the chandelier was damaged, but the reporter (who lives in Highland Park) confirmed that the chandelier was damaged but salvageable. Here's a link to the article: <http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/tribnorth/s_364028.html> The Flinn mansion is visible in many photographs taken of the park entrance from the perspective of the steps leading to Reservoir #1. It is the mansion on the right in these photos; here's an example: <http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?image.x=615&image.y=275&sid=73a7f473830a1e65d3ed79275f80ff0d&xc=1&g=imls&c=gt&q1=highland+park&rgn1=ic_all&ox=0&oy=1&lastres=2&res=1&width=750&height=522&maxw=3000&maxh=2091&subview=getsid&lasttype=boolean&view=entry&viewid=91221GT.TIF&entryid=x-9122.1.gt&cc=gt&quality=2&resnum=70&evl=full-image> (I apologize if that link won't work for you; I don't have a simpler link at the moment but you can find this image among many others by doing a search for "Highland Park" in the University of Pittburgh's Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections at <http://digital.library.pitt.edu>...) I don't have information on when the Flinn mansion was built or when it was torn down, but it's there in turn-of-the-century (19th to 20th :-) photos. The only remnant of the Flinns now in Highland Park that I know of is the name of the "Flynn Parklet" at Bunkerhill Street between North Saint Clair and North Euclid Streets. And now you will find newer houses and Greystone Drive on the site of the Flinn mansion. According to the article linked above, the manor at Hartwood was built for by Senator Flinn's daughter Mary and her husband John Lawrence in 1929. According to the Allegheny County web site Mary Flinn Lawrence sold the 629-acre estate in Hampton and Indiana Townships to the county in 1969 and it is now used as a public park with cultural events taking place at the manor.