Sleeping Octopus (formerly Yingling Mansion)

The Yingling Mansion has a history which stretches back over 100-years and can still be seen today, primarily in its original form as The Sleeping Octopus.

The mansion was built in 1907 by Roswell Gardner Yingling, the owner of a Kittaning brick company. The land was part of the Singer Estate which originally owned about 30-acres of land in the area before it was divided up into parcels and sold. The Yingling Mansion was built near the small lake that was originally on the Singer Estate. You can view the Singer Mansion on the high side of Singer Place around the corner from the Yingling home.

In 1927, the Yingling family sold the mansion to a group of doctors who created the Wilkinsburg Private Hospital. After the hospital closed the building housed the Miller Nursing Home and later the Gibbs Personal Care Home.

The Sleeping Octopus, which currently occupies the site was opened in 2018 by Nicole Santella and Brian Sieffert who beautifully restored and renovated it. It is now just one of many examples of Wilkinsburg's rebirth. Santella and Siefert currently live in the residence and open it for tours, exhibits and other community events.

Sources:

https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/old-yingling-mansion-in-wilkinsburg-renovated-into-the-sleeping-octopus/