About

The Boggs Mansion was built in 1888 by H.H. Richardson, who designed the Allegheny County Courthouse. The mansion was built for Russell Boggs in 1888, and the primary mansion is home to eight guest rooms, nine bathrooms, and countless more spaces filled with character.

Built as the 19th Century came to a close, the house has outlived the department store established by Boggs and his partner, Henry Buhl, in Allegheny City in 1869. Boggs & Buhl was demolished in 1960 for Allegheny Center Mall, now Nova Place. The store served the “carriage trade” — the well-to-do of old Allegheny City — and appropriately, the proprietors saw to it that their delivery wagons were drawn by handsome steeds.

Boggs also was integral to the suburb development of the North Hills. The electric trolley line he built, called the “Harmony Route,” stretched from Pittsburgh to his hometown of Evans City and onward to New Castle. When it began service in 1908, at each stop along the tracks — Ingomar, Wexford, Bradford Woods — Boggs’ North Pittsburgh Realty Co. offered suburban lots for sale.

Boggs’ daughter also preferred the countryside, especially the family’s summer home in Sewickley Heights. When her father died in 1922 from injuries suffered in a fall, she sold the North Side townhouse to a seminary next door.

Cancelation Policy

  • The first night of your stay plus taxes will be charged at time of booking to guarantee your reservation. If you need to cancel your reservation, there is a $50 cancellation fee per room no matter what the reason is. If you cancel less than 7 days prior to your arrival date it will result in forfeiting the first night plus taxes guarantee payment.

  • Any remaining balance will be processed the day of your arrival.

  • If you check-out early, please understand that we must ask you to take responsibility for your entire reservation no matter what the reason is. Refunds or gift certificates are not available for early check-outs or no shows.

House Policy

  • You will receive a text message the day before your arrival asking for your arrival time. Please use that number to communicate with. It is a text only line.

  • Check in time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm.

  • If arriving after the above registration hours, please let us know so that way we can set up proper accommodations.

  • Check-out: 11:00 AM.

  • No Smoking or Vaping inside the inn; however designated outdoor areas are available. Smoking inside the inn with result in a $250 fumigation charge

  • Possession of illegal substances or controlled substances without prescription are strictly prohibited. If we become aware of your possession, you will be asked to leave the premises without a refund.

  • Guest are not permitted to have open flames or burn candles anywhere on our c. 1889 property. Shirts & shoes are required in all public areas of the inn.

  • Boggs Mansion is not responsible for loss, damage, or theft of cash, jewelry, or other valuables left unattended in guest rooms.

  • We are unable to accept pets anywhere on the property with the exception of qualified ADA Service Dogs. ADA Regulations do not include comfort or therapy dogs. This is a historic inn c. 1889 and not wheelchair accessible.

  • **On Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day check-ins are not available. On Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day so that staff may enjoy time with their families, they will depart directly after serving breakfast. If you need any linens/towels, bottled water, etc. will be provided prior to their departure.**