Fort Pitt Block House

Fort Pitt Block House
Former namesBouquet's Block House
Bouquet's Redoubt
Old Block House
General information
TypeRedoubt
LocationPoint State Park,
Pittsburgh
Coordinates40°26′28″N 80°00′35″W / 40.4412°N 80.0098°W / 40.4412; -80.0098
Completed1764
Technical details
Floor count2
Forks of the Ohio
NRHP reference No.66000643
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLOctober 9, 1960
Designated PHMCMay 08, 1959
Designated PHLFunknown

The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse or Bouquet's Redoubt) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh. It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".