Bigham House

Bigham House located at 655 Pennridge Road in Chatham Village, in the Mount [Washington, Pittsburgh (neighborhood)|Mount Washington] neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1849. This was the former house of Abolitionism in [the United States|abolitionist] lawyer Thomas [James Bigham], and was "purportedly a station on the Underground Railroad." These days, this Classical Revival house is part of Chatham Village and is used as a community clubhouse known as Chatham Hall. Chatham Village is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Landmark District, and this house was individually added to the List of [Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks] in 1990.
Bigham, known as "the Sage of Mt. Washington," served for many years as representative and senator in the Pennsylvania legislature. Also a newspaperman, he headed for a time the Commercial Journal and helped found the Pittsburgh Commercial.