Buying Here: Squirrel Hill
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Entry area from front door. -
The late artist Henry Koerner designed this door for his home in 1966. It is lit by an interior spotlight, illuminating it at night. -
Front of house facing South Negley Ave., Squirrel Hill -
![Individually hand-cast angels statuary sit on the wall of the courtyard. "We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine," Joan Koerner said.](http://c10184100.r0.cf2.rackcdn.com/03-29-43_angels-close-view_420.jpg "Individually hand-cast angels statuary sit on the wall of the courtyard. \"We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine,\" Joan Koerner said.")
Individually hand-cast angels statuary sit on the wall of the courtyard. "We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine," Joan Koerner said. -
Side courtyard and gates with Angel statuary. After one of the angels was stolen a few years ago, the owner had the remaining angels cemented into place and monitored by the patio alarm system. -
The late artist Henry Koerner designed this door for his home in 1966. It is lit by an interior spotlight, illuminating it at night. -
Dining room has floor to ceiling windows and room for one of Mr. Koerner's 12 panel paintings. It is on the second level of the home. -
Art of the artist's children hangs in the stairwell. -
Solid hardwood floors run throughout the house, including the living room designed to show Mr. Koerner's work. -
A floating staircase runs against the wall in the great room that combines the living room and dining room areas. -
The kitchen was recently remodeled and offers a view of the Pittsburgh skyline. -
The master bedroom, decorated with Mr. Koerner's art and hand painted furniture.
![Individually hand-cast angels statuary sit on the wall of the courtyard. "We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine," Joan Koerner said.](http://c10184100.r0.cf2.rackcdn.com/03-29-43_angels-close-view_original.jpg "Individually hand-cast angels statuary sit on the wall of the courtyard. \"We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine,\" Joan Koerner said.")
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Not many houses have a small legion of angels guarding the gates. But anyone who has driven by the home of the late artist Henry Koerner and his wife, Joan, can attest that their presence is just one of the many special things about this property built in 1966.
Their contemporary home at 1055 S. Negley Ave. in Squirrel Hill (MLS No. 879192) is on the market for $779,000 through Gail Murman of Prudential Preferred Realty at (412-521-5500 or www.prudentialpreferred.com).
At a glance
- Website: Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition: www.shuc.org
- Size: 2.67 square miles
- Population: 4,726 (2000 census)
- School District:Pittsburgh Public (www.pghboe.net)
- Enrollment: 26,123
- Average 2010 SAT scores: 507 verbal, 518 math, 494 writing
- Annual taxes on a $100,000 house: $2,870; City: $1,080 (10.8 mills); School: $1,392 (13.92 mills); County: $398 (4.69 mills); earned income tax: 3 percent
- History lesson:The first recorded house in Squirrel Hill was built in 1760 by Colonel James Beard near the intersection of Browns Hill Road and Beechwood Boulevard. It is home to Western Pennsylvania's largest Jewish population.
• includes the Act 50 Homestead Exclusion, which reduces assessed market value by $15,000 for county taxes.
"We would put a couple [angels] up every time Henry got paid for a cover for Time magazine," Mrs. Koerner said. "They are hand-carved, not cast and they were commissioned out of New York City."
Mr. Koerner's paintings for the iconic magazine are known worldwide and included cover portraits of Robert and John F. Kennedy, Maria Callas and Barbra Streisand. But it was probably the covers he did of Rudolph Peterson and Senator Edward Brooke in 1966 and 1967 that gave flight to the angels.
The artist passed away in 1991 as a result of a bicycle accident while in St. Polten, Austria. His works hang in the permanent collections of many important museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was dispatched to Germany to sketch the Nuremburg Trials for the American military.
First Published August 7, 2011 12:00 am
