The house at 7604 Mulford St. in Homewood was as much a part of Charles “Teenie” Harris’ equipment as his camera.Harris — a noted Black photographer whose work has made him a Pittsburgh icon even 35 years after his death — used the house as a subject of his work in intimate photos of his family.In one photo his son, Ira Vann Harris, who looks to be about 4, is spraying his little brother, Lionel, about 2, with a garden hose as Lionel sits on the back steps.Other photos show the boys on their tricycles in front of a Christmas tree; Harris’ daughter, Crystal, in the basement; and a trick-or-treater dressed as a mummy on the porch. The house itself, with neatly trimmed hedges, is the subject of one of his shots.Harris had his darkroom in the basement. There, he developed his photos of his family, his neighbors, public officials and celebrities.The house has now received recognition from the state with a historical marker placed out front recognizing the work of “One Shot” as Mayor (later Gov.) David Lawrence called him — he often only took one picture when sent to an assignment.Charles “Teenie” Harris’ brick house at 7604 Mulford St. in Homewood in 1962. Photo by Harris courtesy of Heinz Family Fund.In the application for the historic marker, Preservation Pittsburgh noted that Harris, a photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier, later the New Pittsburgh Courier, for 40 years, spent his life chronicling life in Pittsburgh, particularly in the Black community.“Mostly self-taught, Harris focused on the life of the community and wider historic moments and movements including residents; businesses; civic, educational and religious ceremonies; athletics; nightlife; politics; visiting celebrities; and the larger transition from an industrial to a postindustrial economy,” the application for the historic marker states.Harris is also receiving posthumous recognition with a gallery dedicated to his work at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. The gallery will house examples of his work, including color photographs.Dana Bishop-Root, director of education and public programming, said the gallery will have prints of Harris’ photographs and films that Harris shot after he retired from The Courier.Young Roger Humphries playing child-size drums in music class circa 1942. Photo by Charles “Teenie” Harris courtesy of Heinz Family Fund.The Carnegie Museum obtained more than 70,000 of Harris’ negatives after a court battle that Harris launched shortly before his death. Harris had sold the negatives to a photo dealer with the agreement that he would be paid royalties for prints, but a court found the dealer violated the agreement and ordered the negatives returned. They were placed in the care of the Carnegie Museum in 2001. Bishop-Root said the past 23 years have been spent cataloging the photos. She said the captions in the Courier were a huge help to identifying who was in the photos and where and when they were taken.The curators have his famous black and white photos, but also more recent color negatives and movie footage.The photos were also the subject of the 2011 book “Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History” in which the authors, Cheryl Finley, Laurence Glasco and Joe William Trotter Jr., examined the multiple layers of his work regarding the art of the photos and the history of the time.The dedicated gallery will open tomorrow, Nov. 2, with a free jazz concert featuring Roger Humphries, (whom Harris photographed playing drums as a 3-year-old) and the RH Factor. Doors open at 1 p.m., and the music starts at 2. After the concert there will be tours of the new gallery.A child seated in a snow drift in front of a house at 7606 Mulford St. in Homewood in 1950. Photo by Charles “Teenie” Harris courtesy of the Heinz Family Fund.Additionally the museum has scheduled a program on Harris’ winter photography on Dec.  14 at 2 p.m.The house itself is in a state of flux.In June 2013 Ira Vann Harris Sr. took out a reverse mortgage on the house. When he died in 2019, the mortgage company had paid out $22,990 in principal. When the company, PHH Mortgage Corp., filed for foreclosure in February 2022, it demanded repayment of the principal, interest and mortgage insurance premium of $35,629, according to court records.Two years later that debt has grown to $48,580, which was the price on the sheriff’s sale.Melissa McSwigan, who wrote the nomination for the historic marker, said members of Preservation Pittsburgh have been through the house, which has, at times, not been well secured since Ira Vann Harris died. There is evidence of vandalism and squatting, but there are also still the bones of where the darkroom was.Ira Vann Harris spraying his brother, Lionel Harris, with garden hose in the yard of Harris home, 7604 Mulford St., in Homewood in 1948. Photo by Charles “Teenie” Harris courtesy of Heinz Family Fund.Elwin Green of the Homewood Community Development Collaborative told the group on Oct. 10 that Charles Teenie Harris’ son Lionel and other members of the family are considering trying to regain ownership and turn the house into a small museum. The Carnegie museum has requested that people who plan to attend the concert register in advance.The post Pittsburgh remembers Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris with historical marker, gallery appeared first on NEXTpittsburgh.