The Hill District: History What are the early origins of what is
today known as "The Hill District?" - [The Hill District] "began
as Farm Number Three, owned by a grandson of William Penn and
sold two centuries ago to Gen. Adamson Tannehill, a
Revolutionary War veteran, for $20 an acre." (1) When did The
Hill begin to be residential? - [In the late 1840s] "Thomas
Mellon bought a tract of farmland on the slopes nearest the
city. He subdivided the tract into smaller, city-sized plots,
selling them at a tidy profit. This began the Hill's development
as a settled community." (2) "The Hill's first residents were
well-to-do." (3) What are some of the names by which The Hill
has been known? - "In the early days of Pittsburgh, The Hill
District was known as [Minersville]." (4) Part of The Hill was
also known as "Haiti." (5) It is common to divide The Hill into
Lower, Middle and Upper. The Upper Hill has been known as
Sugartop. (6) What spurred demographic changes on The Hill? -
"With the great expansion of population