West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. Heavy industries associated with nearby steel mills existed here, such as axle works, brickworks, and manufactories of machinery, car wheels, etc. The largest concern was Mesta Machinery, which was one of the world's leading industrial manufacturers from 1898 until 1983.

There are two primary residential communities in West Homestead: the historic district and the Village, a post-World War II hilltop community. The historic district consists of a series of hillside residential streets adorned by intact working-class houses reflecting the architecture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century period when Homestead first flourished.

West Homestead's historic district includes Doyle Ave, originally home to several notable glass manufacturing company owners. The homes of William Beck and Joseph Doyle, who co-founded Doyle & Co Glass, are both excellent examples of late Italianate architecture. The ruins of the Bryce house are still visible, home of the founder of Bryce Brothers, Doyle & Co's main competitor. By the 1890s, their separate companies joined United States Glass Company, and the street became home to steel and machinery workers and their management.

Among this second wave of entrepreneurial owners, one noteworthy structure is the Mesta Mansion, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and considered the cornerstone of the district. Built in 1900 by machining engineer and magnate George Mesta, founder of Mesta Machinery, he expanded and renovated the home extensively in 1916 to welcome his bride, the celebrated socialite and political hostess Perle Mesta. After Mesta's death in 1925, by 1932 new owners split the mansion into apartments, a fate shared by several of its neighbors during the Great Depression and after.

Fortunately, today the Mesta Mansion continues to stand alongside its neighbors on the historic street, including the Beck-Kelly Estate (1867), the Doyle-Smith House (1872), the Wahr-Siebert House (1887), and the Mesta-Martin House (1898).

Another feature of the historic district is the Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center on West Eighth Avenue. Since 1935, this facility has continued to be the center of Bulgarian and Macedonian cultural activity in Western Pennsylvania. West Homestead's Eighth Avenue itself is a tree-lined boulevard adorned by Victorian shops, also on the National Register of Historic Places, and the neighborhood is surrounded by the largest group of ethnic churches on the National Register.