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Carpenters Union Hall Visit March 22, 2002 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Western Pennsylvania Regional District Council of Carpenters
495 Mansfield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15205

 

 Carpenters Union Hall

Located off of I-279 at
495 Mansfield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15205

15 minutes southwest of
downtown Pittsburgh

Ornament mounted on the speaker's podium in the Carpenter's Assembly Hall.
Tools of the trade hanging in the entrance way of the union hall.
Charters hang on the walls surrounding the assembly room in the Carpenters Union Hall.  The images below are of some of these charters taken with the Archives' digital camera.  A complete list follows.
 

 

Carpenters District Council
Chartered June 1, 1966

Local 142
Chartered February 13, 1886

 

Local 33-L

Local 430 Wilkinsburg
Chartered January 3, 1900

Local 206 New Castle
Chartered January 8, 1898

Local 288 Homestead
Chartered May 20, 1887
List of Charters Hanging on Carpenters Union Hall's Assembly Room Walls
Local 142 -- Chartered February 13, 1886

Local 288 Homestead, PA -- Chartered May 20 1887

Local 206 New Castle, PA -- Chartered January 8, 1898
Merged with Local 268 in mid 1990s

Local 321 Connellsville, PA -- Chartered July 24, 1899

Local 430 Wilkinsburg, PA -- Chartered January 3, 1900

Local 571 Carnegie, PA  --  Chartered April 24, 1900

Local 773 Braddock, PA -- Chartered April 13, 1901

Local 1044 Charleroi, PA -- Chartered March 20, 1902

Local 1129 Kittanning, PA -- Chartered May 16, 1902

Local 1048 McKeesport, PA -- Chartered September 2, 1903

Local 2264 Piledrivers, Deck and Wharf Builders Pittsburgh, PA -- Chartered August 26, 1919

Local 2107 Latrobe PA -- Chartered January 4, 1938

Local 1759 Floor Coverers -- Chartered August 22, 1938

Local 811 New Bethlehem, PA -- Chartered January 17, 1941

Local 2235 Millwright Local Pittsburgh, PA -- Chartered March 13, 1952

Carpenters District Council of Western PA -- Chartered June 1, 1966
Restructured Western PA Regional District Council January 1, 1997

Local 144 Bethel Park, PA -- Chartered February 7, 1968

Local 1160 Cabinet Makers and Millman Pittsburgh, PA -- Chartered September 17, 1975

Local 33-L Lather Local -- Chartered September 1, 1979
Not part of Carpenters but a stand alone until 1979.
Merged with Carpenters and Chartered September 1, 1979 as UBC Local

Local 1233 Residential House Builders -- Chartered March 1, 1995

italicized indicates current active unions